Category: Short Stories
Don Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was born on the 29th of January, 1867, in the city of Valencia, that same picturesque sunshiny Valencia which was captured from the Moors by the formidable Cid a little over eight centuries ago. But Blasco Ibáñez is a _valenciano_ only by birth, for h...
Don Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was born on the 29th of January, 1867, in the city of Valencia, that same picturesque sunshiny Valencia which was captured from the Moors by the formid...
2. Part 2Plom! Retoplom! The glorious banner of the _blanquers_ returned to its guild house behind the drums. The myrtle on the streets had disappeared beneath the feet of the paraders....
3. Part 3He lived upon his past, contracting new debts with certain providers who, recalling other financial crises, trusted to a re-establishment of his fortune. "His fate was settled,"...
4. Part 4Carrying the infant in his arms he walked at ease through the very streets over which he had lately hastened with the anxious gait of fear. He mounted the staircase without enco...
5. Part 5_Caldera_ was unable to find among his relatives or friends any men brave enough to help him restrain the sufferer in his violent moments. They all looked with terror at the doo...