Ricardo León

A Son of the Hidalgos Ricardo León

Ricardo Leon, one of the most popular and distinguished writers of the day in Spain, is here for the first time presented to American readers. AS on of the Hidalgos intro duces one of Spain smost famous novelists, as well as the most widely read book that has appeared in Spanish in the last thirty years. The loss of her colonies and the war of 98 plunged Spain into a state of the blackest pessimism. It was not only the material loss and humiliation she had suffered; it was something akin to the sensation of one who fancies himself on firm ground, and suddenly discovers that he has been standing over a gaping abyss all the while. The old fictions melted away overnight. Everything crumbled to dust at a touch. The farces, the deceits, the makeshifts and compromises of two centuries of misgovernment were laid bare by one fatal, decisive blow. Despair followed. The creative efforts of what is generally called the generation of 98 in Spain were all marked by an acute note of criticism of all that had preceded, and by an effort to hew out for themselves new paths. These paths were diverse and unique. The only link between them was the desire of all to break sharply and radically with the past.
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