Emilia Pardo Baz n's Memoirs of a Bachelor (1896) - (Memorias de un solter n) is a novel that examines and questions the traditional roles assigned to men and women within society. Through an introspective narrative -in the voice of the male character- the author questions the idealized model of women as home angels, revealing its harmful effects on both women and men. The novel exposes the rigidity of traditional sexual roles, and suggests that such patterns hinder the possibility of establishing balanced, free, and fully satisfying marital relationships. First published as a serialized novel in La Espa a Moderna magazine, it was only republished in Spain during the author lifetime in volume XIV of her Complete Works; however, translations were published in England, Germany, Italy, and France, countries more receptive to progressive ideas than Spain. Following common practices in the novels of the time, some of the characters in Memorias... also appear in other novels by Pardo Baz n,