By Obras Escogidas de Juan Valera III
Madrid   Biblioteca Nueva
7.5" by 5" 266pp
Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (October 18, 1824 – April 18, 1905), was a Spanish realist author, writer and political figure.
By Obras Escogidas de Juan Valera III

1930 Pepita Jimenez

Madrid   Biblioteca Nueva
7.5" by 5" 266pp
Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (October 18, 1824 – April 18, 1905), was a Spanish realist author, writer and political figure.
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Throughout his diplomatic and political activity he produced works which rank among the highest that his country's literature contains. For purity of diction and beauty of style Valera has never been surpassed in Spain. Pepita Jiménez, which appeared as a serial in 1874, is probably his best known work; it has since been translated into many languages. It depicts the gradual realization by a young seminarian of the empty vanity of his vocation, culminating in a shattering denouement. Other novels are Las ilusions del doctor Faustino (1875), El comendador Mendoza (1877), Pasarse de listo, and Doña Luz (1879). All of the foregoing novels were written around the time when he abandoned his political activities.

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In the original half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. A little wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd handling mark. The odd pencil annotation.

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