La Loca de la Casa / La Razón de la Sinrazón

by Benito Pérez Galdós

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226 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1915

About the author

People know Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós especially for his Episodios Nacionales (1873-1912), a series of 46 historical novels.

Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Some authorities consider him second only to Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th century Spain.

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 galdosistas (Galdós researchers) considered him Spain's equal to Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. As recently as 1950, few of his works were available translated to English, although 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.

Reviews

[Lizzi Bustillo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Es la primera vez que leo una obra de este tipo, y me sentí un poco perdida cuando comencé a leer, pero a medida que iba avanzando pude ir agarrándole el hilo a las historias. Sin duda, este tipo de libros son un poco complejos de leer, y no imagino escribir; a veces sentía que me perdía y que no entendí pero, de todas formas, disfrute de la lectura. Ambas historias fueron muy entretenidas y cada una tiene lo suyo, no me esperaba que la segunda diera un giro como aquel, y la verdad me pareció entretenido y misterioso.