'Dulce due o' Sweet Master] (1911), the last novel by Emilia Pardo Baz n, challenges the rigid classifications imposed on the author throughout her literary career. It is an anti-dogmatic novel that transcends both literary and gender boundaries. Together with 'La Quimera' (1905) and 'La Sirena negra' (1908), 'Dulce due o' forms the emblematic trilogy of Pardo Baz n's modernist phase. Her adoption and reworking of aesthetic elements -such as the refined use of light, color, sound, and silence; the pursuit of beauty; and the interplay of history, legends, and innovative worldviews- demonstrate her participation in modernist literature. At the same time, 'Dulce due o' brings Pardo Baz n's novelistic trajectory to a close, prioritizing for the first time in her work the feminine perspective, since it has a woman protagonist, narrator, and author of the autobiography into which the text evolves. Grounded in a defense of individual freedom, the novel offers a bold response to the
