El Cristo de la calavera

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

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12 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 22, 2011

About the author

Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry, short stories, and nonfiction now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier. He was associated with the post-romanticism movement and wrote while realism was enjoying success in Spain. He was moderately well known during his life, but it was after his death that most of his works were published.

He is best known for his intimate, lyrical poems and for his legends; more importantly, he is remembered for the verbal decor with which he impregnated everything he wrote. A Romantic poet above all else, Bécquer infused every single line he wrote with sensorial intensity, and his Legends still serve today as some of the most brilliant examples of prose poetry. Always including elements of the supernatural, Bécquer imbued his legends with a gothic sensibility, depicting gnomes, ghosts, enchanted fortresses and monasteries, and men and women who succumb to vanity or desire.

Other lesser-known, but none less valuable, works include his "Cartas Desde mi Celda" ("Letters from my Cell") and "Cartas Literarias a una Mujer" ("Literary Epistles to a Woman") which adopt an intimate, contemplative style similar to Thoreau in "Walden." Here we find him ruminating at length on the subjects that characterize his poetic works: love, the purpose of art, folklore, the seductive pull of ancient ruins--and, of course, women.


An essential figure in the canon of Hispanic letters, and an obligatory reading in any Spanish-language High School, he is today considered the founder of modern Spanish lyricism. Bécquer's influence on 20th century poets of the Spanish language is felt in the works of poets such as Octavio Paz, Giannina Braschi, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Pablo Neruda and many more.

Reviews

[FernandoG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dos amigos inseparables, Alonso de Silva y Lope de Sandoval, quienes terminan enfrentados por el amor de Doña Inés de Tordesillas (honor, celos y un duelo). 3.8/5.0

[Sindy Castellanos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edificante relato que estimula al lector a recapacitar para poner en orden la propia jerarquía de valores.
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Uplifting story that encourages the reader to reconsider and put their own hierarchy of values in order.

[Megh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Los dos caballeros se gustaban y nadie me va a convencer de lo contrario

[Isabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lo único malo de está historia es lo corta que es.

[Susana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta leyenda de Bécquer es para mi un poco diferente a las que me he leído. Lo digo porque aquí no he visto como en otras, una ambientación lúgubre, ni tenebrosa. Como en casi todas, hay una dama muy hermosa donde se enamora perdidamente del protagonista. La cuestión es que en esta, se enamoran de la dama dos pretendientes. Es una dama altiva, caprichosa, que le gusta tener a los hombres a sus pies. Ella no se decide por ninguno de los dos y cuando se le cae el guante y ellos se pelean por él, hasta el rey decide intervenir. Harán un duelo para ver quien se queda con la dama. Y ya no puedo contar nada más, pero lo que puedo decir que el final no me lo esperaba, ha sido una total sorpresa. La recomiendo mucho. 29/11/2023.

[Juan Bernal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Breve relato sobre una leyenda toledana donde dos grandes amigos ven truncada su relación por el amor que sienten hacia la misma mujer.

Escrito de forma sublime, nos habla de cómo la amistad debe ser siempre un pilar inquebrantable y cómo muchas veces el amor nos ciega y nos hace cometer la mayor de las locuras.

[Guillermo Maddalena · Rating 4 out of 5]

La verdadera amistad perdura para siempre y no debe romperse por factores externos.

[Fa · Rating 4 out of 5]

El título es muy oscuro y hasta siniestro, pero literalmente es el poder de la amistad. Me encantó.