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The Switzerland of Spain le preguntó a su hostelera si era cierto lo que se decía de los cerdos santiagueses como animales de sociedad. No son únicamente los cerdos contestó la interpelada . Desde su ventana puede usted ver dos cabras en el piso de enfrente. Sus dueños las tratan como personas de la familia...
En las Original letters of His Excellency Sir Richard Fanshaw during his embassies in Spain and Portugal: London, 1702, he buscado en vano algunas noticias del teatro español.
The cult of the medieval brought with it much that was sentimental or grotesquely fantastic, but it awakened in the people a renewed interest in their past history. All Spaniards worship the past, for Spain was once great; and when romanticism came from France and England into Spain, it was warmly welcomed. The historical novel flourished beyond measure.
The external conditions of the kingdom were momentarily favorable for such a period as that through which the country was passing, for Spain was at peace with all the world. The Netherlands and other continental possessions were placated by concessions or temporarily quieted by truces, and the American possessions were prosperous and contributed an enormous toll of wealth to the mother-country.
Armando Palacio Valdés was born in 1853 in the province of Asturias. He is one of the most prominent contemporary novelists of Spain. He belongs to that school of writers known as naturalists, and in the opinion of some, he deserves to stand at the head of that school. His novels treat of contemporary Spanish life.
In Spain, La Hermana San Sulpicio and Los Majos de Cadiz, have won the greatest favor. These are both novels of Andalusian life. In the United States La Hermana San Sulpicio, María y María and Maximina are best known through the translations of Nathan Haskell Dole. More recent translations are: La Alegría del Capitán Ribot, by Minna Caroline White; and El Cuarto Poder, by Rachel Chalice.
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