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"The nail", and other stories / by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón ; translated from the Spanish by Robert M. Fedorchek ; introduction by Cyrus C. DeCoster.
LIBRA PQ6502 .A24 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891--Translations.
- Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de.
- AlarcoÌn, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891.
- Translations.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 131 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [1997]
- Summary:
- This collection by one of nineteenth-century Spain's greatest short story writers contains eight tales, including "The Nail, " considered by some critics to be the first example of a detective story in Spanish literature. It also includes two inspired by the first Carlist War; and five inspired by the War of Independence. The passion, drama, dialogue, characterization, and swift movement show why Alarcon is one of Spain's great storytellers.
- Contents:
- The nail
- The cornet
- The orderly
- The foreigner
- The French sympathizer
- "Long live the Pope!"
- The Mayor of Lapeza
- The Guardian Angel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131).
- ISBN:
- 0838753612
- OCLC:
- 36241706
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