 They maintained progressive, but less provocative, themes.These books focus on the Spanish middle class, portrayed with precision and a certain melancholy.Significant works of this group include "La de Bringas" (The Bringas Woman), about social climbing; "Fortunata y Jacinta", his most important work; "Miau", a dramatic vision of the bureaucracy of the time; "Torquemada en la Hoguera" (Torquemada in the Inferno), a study of greed and avarice; "Misericordia" (Compassion), with people of less-refined upbringing.