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El caballero encantado
Un joven terrateniente madrileño explota a sus colonos para poder pagarse sus juergas. Hasta que de pronto surge un imprevisto, absolutamente fantástico, mediante el cual vivirá en su propia carne la triste suerte de los campesinos a los que explota.
345 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1909
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Benito Pérez Galdós
1,506 books610 followersPeople 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.
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.
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June 20, 2021
Novela “inverosímil”, con ecos quijotescos, es una fábula que bebe de la ideología galdosiana.
April 19, 2022
ESPAÑOL: Un caballero petimetre y derrochón, cae presa de un encantamiento y se ve obligado a trabajar de campesino, pastor y picapedrero por los campos de Soria. Su amada, que se llama Pascuala, pero que según él está encantada y en realidad se llama Cintia, le acompaña en una parte de sus aventuras. Novela fantástica, de claras alusiones quijotescas, que no fue bien recibida porque se aparta bastante del realismo típico de Galdós.
Igual que otros intelectuales izquierdistas de su época, (como William Morris, Edward Bellamy, H.G. Wells o Bernard Shaw), Galdós esperaba que en cosa de un siglo el triunfo del socialismo nos llevaría a la utopía: he soñado que vivimos en un mundo patriarcal, habitado por seres inocentes que no viven más que para compartir con amorosa equidad los frutos de la tierra. Como de costumbre, estos autores no tienen en cuenta o tratan de olvidar la existencia del pecado original, que hace que esos sueños sean imposibles. Galdós no llegó a conocer la terrorífica puesta en práctica de las ideas marxistas en Rusia, puesto que murió en 1920. Pienso que, si volviera hoy a la vida, se sentiría horrorizado por la calaña de los socialistas actuales, que en vez de poner en un pedestal a España, como él hizo en este libro, están intentando destruirla.
ENGLISH: A gentleman, dandy and spendthrift, falls prey to an enchantment and must work as a farmer, shepherd and stone-cutter in the fields of Soria. His beloved, whose name is Pascuala, but who according to him is enchanted, and whose real name would be Cintia, shares with him some of his adventures. A fantasy novel, with clear quixotic allusions, which was not well received, being somewhat different from the typical realism of Galdós.
Similarly as other leftist intellectuals of his time (such as William Morris, Edward Bellamy, H.G. Wells or Bernard Shaw), Galdós hoped that in about a century the triumph of socialism would lead us to utopia: I have dreamed that we live in a patriarchal world, inhabited by innocent beings who live only to share with loving equity the fruits of the earth. As usual, these authors do not take into account or try to forget the existence of original sin, which makes those dreams impossible. Galdós did not get to know the terrifying implementation of Marxist ideas in Russia, for he died in 1920. If he were to come back to life today, he would be horrified by the low level of current socialist rulers, who rather than singing praises about Spain, as he did in this book, are trying to destroy it.
Igual que otros intelectuales izquierdistas de su época, (como William Morris, Edward Bellamy, H.G. Wells o Bernard Shaw), Galdós esperaba que en cosa de un siglo el triunfo del socialismo nos llevaría a la utopía: he soñado que vivimos en un mundo patriarcal, habitado por seres inocentes que no viven más que para compartir con amorosa equidad los frutos de la tierra. Como de costumbre, estos autores no tienen en cuenta o tratan de olvidar la existencia del pecado original, que hace que esos sueños sean imposibles. Galdós no llegó a conocer la terrorífica puesta en práctica de las ideas marxistas en Rusia, puesto que murió en 1920. Pienso que, si volviera hoy a la vida, se sentiría horrorizado por la calaña de los socialistas actuales, que en vez de poner en un pedestal a España, como él hizo en este libro, están intentando destruirla.
ENGLISH: A gentleman, dandy and spendthrift, falls prey to an enchantment and must work as a farmer, shepherd and stone-cutter in the fields of Soria. His beloved, whose name is Pascuala, but who according to him is enchanted, and whose real name would be Cintia, shares with him some of his adventures. A fantasy novel, with clear quixotic allusions, which was not well received, being somewhat different from the typical realism of Galdós.
Similarly as other leftist intellectuals of his time (such as William Morris, Edward Bellamy, H.G. Wells or Bernard Shaw), Galdós hoped that in about a century the triumph of socialism would lead us to utopia: I have dreamed that we live in a patriarchal world, inhabited by innocent beings who live only to share with loving equity the fruits of the earth. As usual, these authors do not take into account or try to forget the existence of original sin, which makes those dreams impossible. Galdós did not get to know the terrifying implementation of Marxist ideas in Russia, for he died in 1920. If he were to come back to life today, he would be horrified by the low level of current socialist rulers, who rather than singing praises about Spain, as he did in this book, are trying to destroy it.
March 7, 2020
Extraña fábula fantástica donde se critica la aristocracia ociosa y frívola que vive de herencias e indiferente a la miseria de los labradores a los que explotan para financiar sus caprichos. Interesante la crítica social, aunque la historia es excesivamente larga y a ratos tediosa.
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