This volume consists of seventeen stories by nine of nineteenth-century Spain's most well-known authors, and demonstrates convinvingly that, although it had no Charles Perrault and no brothers Grimm, it maintained a rich oral vein of folktales and fostered stories in written form that are in keeping with the European tradition.

Robert Fedorchek gathers seventeen fairy and wonder tales by nine of Spain's most well-known nineteenth-century authors. The selections range from morality tales, to stories of enchantment, to evocations of wonder and the fantastic. The Translator's Preface establishes that although there were no brothers Grimm, no Charles Perrault, and no Hans Christian Andersen in nineteenth-century Spain, there were indeed fairy, folk, and wonder tales, 'stories of enchantment, ' presently unknown in the English-speaking world. Alan Smith's introduction discusses stories of enchantment and fairy tales in the European tradition, takes up the morphology of cuento and relates it to other languages and cultures, and provides illuminative and thought-provoking commentary on the nine authors and the seventeen selected stories. These stories include: Fernán Caballero, 'The Wishes, ' 'The Girl with Three Husbands, ' 'Lovely-Flower'; Antonio de Trueba, 'The Adventures of a Tailor, ' 'The King's Son-in-law'; Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, 'Beauty as Punishment'; Luis Coloma, SJ, 'Green Bird, ' 'Pérez the Mouse'; Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, 'Believe in God, ' 'The Devil's Cross'; Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, 'Death's Friend'; Juan Valera, 'The Green Bird, ' 'The Wizard'; 'The Princess and the Street Urchin'; and Leopoldo Alas, Clarín, 'My Funeral, ' and 'Socrates' Rooster.' Fedorchek includes cultural, historical, and literary notes and references, a Select Bibliography which lists the editions used for the translations, and secondary sources for the nine authors, as well as general folklore.

A collection of fifteen Spanish fairy tales.

"Juanita la Larga (1896) unfolds in a small town in nineteenth-century Spain and tells the story of a young girl's romance with a wealthy widower many years her senior. Appearing here for the first time in English, Valera's novel describes in detail life in an Andalusian hamlet."--BOOK JACKET.

The Mousetales are a group of whimsical, playful episodes that tell of children who are aided in nighttime distress by dedicated mouses of the Children?s Mouse Brigade. Henry and Ginger and their fellow Brigade members are involved in adventure after adventure as they ensure that children not suffer sleepless nights or fear of the dark. The Brigade accomplishes its missions through inventive approaches, prompted by unique mousevision and mousememory that calm the children, thereby making them feel safe. They are ably assisted in their efforts by a mousenet piggybacked to the humans? net; by their comprehension of English and, for some members, of French (although they cannot speak either language, only their native mousespeak); and, for travel, by the US Postal Service, on whose trucks the mouses hitch rides. Mousetale 1 relates the history of the Brigade and introduces Henry, the principal male mouse, and his training and first mission. Mousetale 2 recounts Henry?s introduction to Ginger, the principal female mouse, a connection that unfortunately gets off on the wrong paw for them but ends well for several children. Mousetale 3 tells of Henry and Ginger?s engagement and marriage and the children saved owing to Ginger?s intervention. Mousetale 4 introduces us to a little girl who is in distress on account of her father (and 4 is significant because we make the acquaintance of four identical baby mouses, all girls). Mousetale 5 and Mousetale 6 take us to the next generation as Henry and Ginger?s daughters also become members in good standing of the Children?s Mouse Brigade.

"Pilar Orsini Oquendo has just lost the love of her life. Her fiancé, Gonzalo, has been wrenched from her grasp by his untimely passing. Left alone to grieve, she finds herself at their favorite place, on a secluded beach in Spain. It is here where Gonzalo's childhood friend finds Pilar and, in a fit of lust, rapes her. Distraught and betrayed, Pilar soon finds the rape has produced a pregnancy. Despite the difficulty, Pilar decides to keep the baby. She struggles to wade through her emotional turmoil and continue her ambitious career as a translator of American literature. While speaking at Columbia University, Pilar meets Gus Brubaker. Gus is a Spanish literature translator, and he is immediately taken in by Pilar's intellect and stunning beauty. Pilar is conflicted and still dealing with the aftermath of her rape as her attacker continues his harassment. She is also pregnant. How will she explain this to Gus, who, she believes, will surely leave her when she reveals her pregnancy? The Translators tells a story of troubled romance set in the world of linguistics and literature. As Pilar and Gus travel the world together, they also must travel beyond pains of the past. In the conquering of violence, there is a possibility of healing and perhaps, a possibility of endless love."

Content with her tertuha, or gathering of close friends, her devotions, her books, and her daily routine, Dona Luz is unmoved by the prospect of marriage, because of her illegitimacy and her extremely modest financial status." "But then two men enter her life: Father Enrique, the ailing missionary nephew of Don Acisclo who returns from the Philippines to rest, and Don Jaime Pimentel, the dashing young military man whom Don Acisclo has chosen to back as the district representative in an uncoming election. How Dona Luz responds to both men determines the direction her life will take and the manner in which her illegitimacy will be explained."--Jacket.