Vicente Blasco Ibanez

The Shadow of the Cathedral by Vicente Blasco Ibanez

Sobre las tierras del tío Barret, que se atrevió a romper las cadenas y a cortar la cabeza del amo, don Salvador, con la consiguiente ruina de su familia, pesa una maldición. Convertidas en símbolo de la lucha contra los terratenientes, nadie debe cultivarlas. La hostilidad se desata contra un forastero, Batiste Borrull, que, con el sueño de sacar a su familia adelante, decide arrendarlas, desatando así una tempestad de odio y resentimiento que culmina trágicamente.En la mejor tradición de la novela naturalista, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) se demora en LA BARRACA (1898) en el análisis de la psicología colectiva y achaca la crueldad de los personajes a los bajos instintos y a la brutalidad del medio en que viven. En estas circunstancias adversas, la lucha del maestro, don Joaquín, para educar a sus alumnos, resulta infructuosa.

En 1903, un año de extraordinaria cosecha en la literatura española del siglo XX, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, publica La Catedral, segunda de sus novelas sociales o de rebeldía, como él dio en denominarlas. En plena crisis, cuya espoleta había quedado identificada en el Desastre cubano, el autor levantino echa el resto y destila con verdadero furor todas las ideas y peripecias que su largo compromiso político había acumulado hasta forjar una actitud personal que, si no demasiado clara en cuanto a qué sería lo mejor para sacar a España de su marasmo, sí se revestía de una ideología sustentada sobre dos pilares básicos: republicanismo y anticlericalismo.

Arroz y tartana (1894) pertenece a la primera etapa creadora de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928), en la cual predomina el ambiente valenciano y que es, para algunos críticos, la más valiosa dentro de su obra. Escrita en su día para el folletín del diario republicano El Pueblo, que él mismo fundó, la novela, que narra la caída de una familia perteneciente a la esfera del comercio como resultado de su obsesión por las apariencias, apunta contra una clase social -la aún incipiente burguesía española- que en muchas ocasiones se revelaba incapaz de hallar su lugar en una sociedad marcada por unas estructuras esclerotizadas.

It was the writing guy who drew this story out of Captain Shreve. He talked so much I think the Old Man spun the yarn just to shut him up. He had talked ever since his arrival on board, early that morning, with a letter from the owners' agent, and the announcement he intended making the voyage with us. He had weak lungs, he said, and was in search of mild, tropical breezes. Also, he was seeking local color, and whatever information he could pick up about "King" Waldon.He had heard of the death of "King" Waldon, down in Samoa—Waldon, the trader, of the vanishing race of island adventurers—and he expected to travel about the south seas investigating the "king's" past, so he could write a book about the old viking. He had heard that Captain Shreve had known Waldon. Hence, he was honoring a cargo carrier with his presence instead of taking his ease upon a mail-boat.Captain Shreve must tell him all he knew about the "king." He was intensely interested in the subject. Splendid material, you know. That romantic legend of Waldon's arrival in the islands—too good to be true, and certainly too good not to put into a book. Was Captain Shreve familiar with the tale? How this fellow, Waldon, sailed into a Samoan harbor in an open boat, his only companion his beautiful young wife? Imagine—this man and woman coming from nowhere, sailing in from the open sea in a small boat, never telling whence they came!He said this was the stuff to go into his book. Romance, mystery! It was quite as important as the later and better known incidents in the "king's" life. That was why Captain Shreve must tell him all he knew about the fellow. If he could only get at the beginning of the "king's" career in the islands. Where did the fellow come from? Why should a man bring his bride into an uncivilized and lawless section of the world, and settle down for life? There must be a story in that. Ah, yes, and he was the man who could properly do it.

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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Guy Holland had gone to South Africa to make his fortune, so that he could marry his sweetheart. He didn't make a fortune, but he came back home because he has had a vision that his uncle was dead, and when Guy arrived home he found out that the uncle was in fact dead. The will said that Guy would inherit everything if he could recover a certain ruby ring that had been obtained from his uncle by trickery of a certain actress, within three months of his uncle's death. However, since it passed several weeks after his uncle's death, now Guy has only a few days left, and it seems that few others are trying to get their hands on the jewel too.

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