The Shadow of the Cathedral

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Shadow of the Cathedral by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ISBN: 9781465534620
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
ISBN: 9781465534620
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
There are three cathedrals which I think will remain chief of the Spanish cathedrals in the remembrance of the traveller, namely the Cathedral at Burgos, the Cathedral at Toledo, and the Cathedral at Seville; and first of these for reasons hitherto of history and art, and now of fiction, will be the Cathedral at Toledo, which the most commanding talent among the contemporary Spanish novelists has made the protagonist of the romance following. I do not mean that Vincent Blasco Ibañez is greater than Perez Galdós, or Armando Palacio Valdés or even the Countess Pardo-Bazan; but he belongs to their realistic order of imagination, and he is easily the first of living European novelists outside of Spain, with the advantage of superior youth, freshness of invention and force of characterization. The Russians have ceased to be actively the masters, and there is no Frenchman, Englishman, or Scandinavian who counts with Ibañez, and of course no Italian, American, and, unspeakably, no German. I scarcely know whether to speak first of this book or the writer of it, but as I know less of him than of it I may more quickly dispatch that part of my introduction. He was born at Valencia in 1866, of Arragonese origin, and of a strictly middle class family. His father kept a shop, a dry-goods store in fact, but Ibañez, after fit preparation, studied law in the University of Valencia and was duly graduated in that science. Apparently he never practiced his profession, but became a journalist almost immediately. He was instinctively a revolutionist, and was imprisoned in Barcelona, the home of revolution, for some political offence, when he was eighteen. It does not appear whether he committed his popular offence in the Republican newspaper which he established in Valencia; but it is certain that he was elected a Republican deputy to the Cortes, where he became a leader of his party, while yet evidently of no great maturity.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
There are three cathedrals which I think will remain chief of the Spanish cathedrals in the remembrance of the traveller, namely the Cathedral at Burgos, the Cathedral at Toledo, and the Cathedral at Seville; and first of these for reasons hitherto of history and art, and now of fiction, will be the Cathedral at Toledo, which the most commanding talent among the contemporary Spanish novelists has made the protagonist of the romance following. I do not mean that Vincent Blasco Ibañez is greater than Perez Galdós, or Armando Palacio Valdés or even the Countess Pardo-Bazan; but he belongs to their realistic order of imagination, and he is easily the first of living European novelists outside of Spain, with the advantage of superior youth, freshness of invention and force of characterization. The Russians have ceased to be actively the masters, and there is no Frenchman, Englishman, or Scandinavian who counts with Ibañez, and of course no Italian, American, and, unspeakably, no German. I scarcely know whether to speak first of this book or the writer of it, but as I know less of him than of it I may more quickly dispatch that part of my introduction. He was born at Valencia in 1866, of Arragonese origin, and of a strictly middle class family. His father kept a shop, a dry-goods store in fact, but Ibañez, after fit preparation, studied law in the University of Valencia and was duly graduated in that science. Apparently he never practiced his profession, but became a journalist almost immediately. He was instinctively a revolutionist, and was imprisoned in Barcelona, the home of revolution, for some political offence, when he was eighteen. It does not appear whether he committed his popular offence in the Republican newspaper which he established in Valencia; but it is certain that he was elected a Republican deputy to the Cortes, where he became a leader of his party, while yet evidently of no great maturity.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book The Splendour of God by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book Overland through Asia: Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book The Broncho Rider Boys Along the Border: The Hidden Treasure of the Zuni Medicine Man by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book The Photoplay: A Psychological Study by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book I've Been Thinking; Or, the Secret of Success by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book King of the Jews: A Story of Christ's Last Days on Earth by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book Pâkia by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book The French Revolution by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book A Modern History From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book The Wiles of the Wicked by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812, Volume I by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Cover of the book Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy