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Actualizado: 7 de julio de 2025

Then taking as a model the historical novels of Erckmann-Chatrian, he began his Episodios Nacionales, which alone fill twenty volumes. Add to this number some thirty volumes of Novelas Contemporáneas, and one sees the monument that Galdós offers us of the wonderful persistence and fertility of his talent.

Benito Pérez Galdós - Electra

Besides the defenders of these schools there was an infinite variety of lesser lights who wrote all sorts of plays from the grossest farces to the dullest Latin dramas. Before taking up the discussion of the works of the mighty genius who was to establish the popular drama, it is well to give a brief glance at the people who presented plays and the places in which they were given.

Lope de Vega - La moza de cántaro