Key Points

• One of the greatest representatives of the Spanish realist novel

• His studies at Institución Libre de Enseñanza put him in contact with the liberal ideas of Krausism.

• Very prolific prose and theater writer

• Excellent knowledge of the of Madrid and its city life

• One of the most prolific writers of Spanish history of his time

• His prose work criticizes the lack of political reform and the stagnation in traditionalism

Relevant Works

• Episodios nacionales

• Doña Perfecta

• Fortunata y Jacinta

• La desheredada

• Nazarín

• Misericordia