Novelas Cortas
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The following stories from Alarcón are offered to the student of Spanish in the belief that the easy style, the interest of the narrative, and the incidental sidelights that they throw on Spanish life and history will make the book a welcome one in the earlier stages of study.
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1882Author
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
Spain
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, best known for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (1874), an adaptation of a popular traditions which provides a liv...
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