Pereda, José María de
Pereda, José María de (1833–1906),Spanish realistic novelist who had an idyllic vision of the rural world which he opposed to the corrupt urban world. Pereda's style is characterized by linguistic archaisms, and his descriptions of the northern Spanish landscape have received much praise. As a writer of short stories, Pereda published several collections, such as Escenas montañesas (Mountainous Scenes, 1864) and Tipos y paisajes (Types and Landscapes, 1871), in which he included two stories worth mentioning: ‘Para ser buen arriero…’ (‘If You Want To Be a Good Muleteer…’, 1871), based on the popular Spanish tale ‘El zapatero pobre’ (‘The Poor Cobbler’), and ‘Al amor de los tizones’ (‘By the Fireside’, 1871). The latter is a story about a gathering of country people who enjoy listening to Uncle Tanasio's famous fairy stories.
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