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Fernán Caballero

Born

in Morges, Switzerland

December 24, 1796

Died

April 07, 1877

Genre

Fiction

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Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea, under the pen name Fernán Caballero, wrote about the folklore of rural Andalusia.

Her father was Johann Nikolaus Böhl und Lütkens (Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber), a German businessman, married with Spanish Frasquita Larrea, who converted to Roman Catholicism and instaled on 1813 in Andalusia, his wife's native land.

In 1816 Cecilia married Antonio Planells, an infantry officer who was killed in action just a year later. In 1822 she married the Marqués de Arco Hermoso. He died in 1835, leaving Cecilia widowed for a second time. In 1837 she married a much younger man, Antonio de Ayala, who committed suicide in 1859.

Cecilia had to publish her writings to help her desperate situation and impr ...more

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Average rating: 3.31 · 860 ratings · 89 reviews · 373 distinct works • Similar authors

	La Mitología contada a los niños e historia de los grandes hombres de la Grecia 3.46 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 1858 — 28 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
	La gaviota 3.14 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1849 — 225 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
	Cuentos de encantamiento 3.20 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1861 — 12 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
	Cuentos, adivinanzas y refranes populares 2.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1877 — 8 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
	La niña de los tres maridos really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	La Cucarachita Mondinga y el Ratón Pérez by Fernán Caballero, Rosario Rubalcava, Julio Prieto (Ilus) 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	Favole spagnole by Fernán Caballero, Cecilia Böhl de Faber, Giuseppina de Vita (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 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 Alcázar de Sevilla 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	Un vestido 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	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
	Los caballeros del pez liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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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“There is a force more powerful than steam and electricity: the will.”
― Fernán Caballero

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“Be fair before being generous, be human before being fair.”
― Fernán Caballero

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“Happiness! There is no word with more meanings, each person understands it in his own way.”
― Fernán Caballero

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