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Guillermina Rojas Y Orgis
Guillermina Rojas y Orgis was a Spanish teacher, anarchist, and feminist. She was included as a character in Benito Pérez Gáldos' novel ''Amadeo I'', part of the '' National Episodes.'' Further reading * * * * Spanish anarchists {{anarchist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish Spanish Realist literature, realist novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist. Pérez Galdós was a prolific writer, publishing 31 novels, 46 ''Episodios Nacionales'' (''National Episodes''), 23 plays, and the equivalent of 20 volumes of shorter fiction, journalism and other writings. He remains popular in Spain, and is considered as equal to Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Some of his works have been translated into English, as he has slowly become popular in the Anglophone world. While his plays are generally considered to be less successful than his novels, ''Realidad'' (1892) is important in the history of realism in the Spanish theatre. The Pérez Galdós museum in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria features a portrait of the writer by Joaquín Sorolla. He came to be nominated for the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episodios Nacionales
The ''Episodios Nacionales'' (''National Episodes'') are a collection of forty-six historical novels written by Benito Pérez Galdós between 1872 and 1912. They are divided into five series and they deal with Spanish history from roughly 1805 to 1880. They are fictional accounts which add characters invented by the author within historical events. First series With the exception of ''Gerona'', all the episodes follow the adventures of the boy Gabriel de Araceli, beginning in French-dominated Spain through the war of Independence, from the battle of Trafalgar to the defeat of the French armies (1805–1814). There are ten books in this series: *''Trafalgar'' *''La Corte de Carlos IV'' Charles_IV_of_Spain.html"_;"title="he_Court_of_Charles_IV_of_Spain">Charles_IV*''El_19_de_marzo_y_el_2_de_mayo''_ Charles_IV.html"_;"title="Charles_IV_of_Spain.html"_;"title="he_Court_of_Charles_IV_of_Spain">Charles_IV">Charles_IV_of_Spain.html"_;"title="he_Court_of_Charles_IV_of_Spain">Charles_IV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
