Author · 33 titles

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920) is the great realist of nineteenth-century Spain — a novelist often ranked with Dickens, Balzac, and Tolstoy, and second only to Cervantes in Spanish stature. Fortunata y Jacinta turned Madrid's streets, tenements, and drawing rooms into a complete human world; the Episodios Nacionales retold the nation's history as story rather than monument. Galdós wrote at a staggering pace: novels, plays, journalism, and a city that still feels inhabited. With 33 titles in our catalogue — including Spanish-language readings — he remains the writer who proved that modern Spain could be as novelistic as London or Paris.

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