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Juan Valera

Born

in Cabra, Spain

October 18, 1824

Died

April 18, 1905

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano was a Spanish realist author, writer and political figure.
He was born at Cabra, in the province of Córdoba, and was educated at Málaga and at the University of Granada, where he took his degree in law, and then entered upon a diplomatic career (1847). Over the next five decades, Valera filled a number of positions in a variety of various places. He accompanied the Spanish Ambassador to Naples. Afterwards, he was a member of the Spanish legations at Lisbon (1850), Rio de Janeiro (1851–53), Dresden and St. Petersburg (1854–57). After his return to Madrid, he became one of the editors of the liberal journal El Contemporáneo (1859), and was appointed Minister to Frankfurt (1865). After the revolution of 1868 he was ...more

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	Pepita Jiménez 3.53 avg rating — 2,669 ratings — published 1874 — 432 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juanita la Larga 3.64 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1895 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doña Luz 3.47 avg rating — 77 ratings — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El pájaro verde 3.40 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1901 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Fausto de Goethe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 47 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genio y figura 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1897 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El pájaro verde y otros cuentos 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pepita Jiménez. Juanita La Larga. (Sepan Cuantos, #56) 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El espejo de Matsuyama 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pasarse de listo (Narrativa) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2007 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“La mano es el instrumento de nuestras obras, el signo de nuestra nobleza, el medio por donde la inteligencia reviste de forma sus pensamientos artísticos, y da ser a las creaciones de la voluntad, y ejerce el imperio que Dios concedió al hombre sobre todas las criaturas.”
― Juan Valera, Pepita Jiménez

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“Más vale un jaleo probé y unos pimientos asaos que no tener un usía esaborío a su lao.”
― Juan Valera, Juanita la Larga

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“Verdad es que las mujeres son raras:”
― Juan Valera, Pepita Jiménez

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Northumbria, El último reino, de Bernard Cornwell

8 votes, 17.0%

Mientras no tengamos rostro, de C.S. Lewis

7 votes, 14.9%

El gigante enterrado, de Kazuo Ishiguro

6 votes, 12.8%

El rey debe morir, de Mary Renault

5 votes, 10.6%

El tren nocturno de la Vía Láctea, de Kenji Miyazawa

5 votes, 10.6%

Los Buenos, de Hannah Kent

4 votes, 8.5%

Bosque Mitago, de Robert Holdstock

2 votes, 4.3%

El libro de los tres, de Lloyd Alexander

2 votes, 4.3%

El bosque sabe tu nombre, de Alaitz Leceaga

2 votes, 4.3%

El Cantar de Quetzalcóatl: Ehécatl, de Slaymen Bonilla

2 votes, 4.3%

Acosado, de Kevin Hearne

2 votes, 4.3%

El Beso del Kelpie, de Sylvia North

1 vote, 2.1%

Cuentos de cabecera, de Osamu Dazai

1 vote, 2.1%

Las cuevas de Haydrahodahós, de Salim Barakat

0 votes, 0.0%

Los inmortales de Meluha, de Amish Tripathi

0 votes, 0.0%

Morsamor, de Juan Valera

0 votes, 0.0%

Declara, de Tim Powers

0 votes, 0.0%

Quince perros, de André Alexis

0 votes, 0.0%

2012 El Colapso del Tiempo, de Mauro Barea

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