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Benito Pérez Galdós (Critical Survey of Drama)
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Benito Pérez Galdós is known primarily for his novels. Between 1873 and 1912, he wrote forty-six historical novels, called Episodios nacionales. In addition, he produced thirty-two other novels, the first of which, La sombra (1871; The Shadow, 1980), may have been written as early as 1865. A journalist by profession, Pérez Galdos wrote many articles, as well as prologues to his own works and those of his contemporaries.
Achievements
Benito Pérez Galdós wrote some two dozen plays. Critics are divided with regard to...
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