This edition of Novelas Cortas (Short Stories) is in Spanish

Pedro Antonio de Alarc�n y Ariza
(10 March 1833 � 19 July 1891) was a nineteenth century Spanish novelist, author of the novel El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat, 1874). The story is an adaptation of a popular tradition and provides a lively picture of village life in Alarc�n's native region of Andalusia. It was the basis for Hugo Wolf's opera Der Corregidor (1897) and Manuel de Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (1919).Alarc�n wrote another popular short novel, El capit�n Veneno ('Captain Poison', 1881). He produced four other full-length novels. One of these novels, El esc�ndalo ('The Scandal', 1875), became noted for its keen psychological insights. Alarc�n also wrote three travel books and many short stories and essays.
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