"La de Bringas" is a novel by the famous Spanish writer Benito Perez Galdos, which is deservedly considered a masterpiece of world literature. In this book, the author describes the life of the Madrid society of the 19th century through the prism of a prototype woman of a certain category of women of that time. The main character, Rosa de Bringas, represents the upper class, who strive to maintain their social status through appearance and an appropriate lifestyle. The author successfully shows the contradiction between the external brilliance and the internal emptiness of this world. "La de Bringas" is not only a novel about the social relations of that time, it is also an excellent example of realism in literature and an important monument of Spain of the 19th century.