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Uzhe samo zaglavie romana — «Illyuzii doktora Faustino» — otsylaet k znamenitomu «Faustu» Gete i namekaet na «utrachennye illyuzii» v proizvedeniyah Balzaka i Flobera. No doktor Faustino — eto, skoree, Faust v miniatyure. Personazh Huana Valery ne nadelen vydayuschimisya sposobnostyami, ego ne poseschaet dyavol i ne predlagaet emu bessmertie. Don Faustino Lopes de Mendosa — obnischavshiy aristokrat, kotorym ovladevayut gubitelnye illyuzii. On okanchivaet universitet, poluchaet zvanie doktora i pytaetsya nayti sebe primenenie v zhizni. Emu kazhetsya, chto stoit tolko pereehat v Madrid, kak on tut zhe stanet vydayuschimsya filosofom, poetom ili politikom. Pri etom doktor Faustino stremitsya k idealnoy lyubvi, za kotoruyu on gotov prodat dushu dyavolu. Don Faustino ischet ee v obraze kuziny Konstansii, docheri notariusa Rosite i Vechnoy Podrugi — zagadochnoy neznakomki, nezrimo sledyaschey za nim. Huan Valera razrushaet printsipy romantizma i pozvolyaet idealu osuschestvitsya. Vot tolko illyuzii razbivayutsya vdrebezgi, a bez nih idealnaya lyubov merknet.