Laura in the City of Saints is an undeniable classic of 20th century Catalan fiction. It tells the story of an attractive, inexperienced woman who hopes to fulfil herself by marriage to a rich heir from a provincial city: Comarquinal. But she soon sees the hidden hypocrisy of a sanctimonious, self-interested, pious society. Although having many points in common with Madame Bovary, Laura is distinguished from the French heroine by her final gesture of rebellion.