The Shadow of the Cathedral

Project Gutenberg's The Shadow of the Cathedral, by Vicente Blasco IbañezThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Shadow of the CathedralAuthor: Vicente Blasco IbañezRelease Date: April 15, 2004 [EBook #12041]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SHADOW OF THE CATHEDRAL ***Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tim Koeller and PG Distributed ProofreadersTHE SHADOW OF THE CATHEDRALBYVICENTE BLASCO IBAÑEZ1919Translated From The Spanish ByMrs. W.A. GillespieWith A Critical Introduction ByW.D. HowellsINTRODUCTIONThere 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 reasonshitherto of history and art, and now of fiction, will be the Cathedral at Toledo, which the most commanding talent amongthe contemporary Spanish novelists has made the protagonist of the romance following. I do not mean that VincentBlasco Ibañez is greater than Perez Galdós, or Armando Palacio Valdés or even the Countess Pardo-Bazan; but hebelongs to their realistic order of imagination, and he is easily the first of living European novelists outside of Spain, withthe advantage of ...