by Benito Pérez Galdós · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420650463
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«Cánovas» is the novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, number 46 of the Episodios Nacionales, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (180 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is part of the Episodios Nacionales and recreates Restoration Spain through the figure of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, a politician from Málaga, and the early years of the reign of Alfonso XII. Between history and fiction, Galdós portrays Madrid and its people with a tone close to caricature, typical of the final series.
It is the 46th instalment of the Episodios Nacionales, within the Final Series. The work was originally published in 1912; this Alianza Editorial edition is from 1980.
For readers interested in the history of Spain and Galdós's narrative: a fictionalised approach to the Restoration and the reign of Alfonso XII.
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Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist and politician. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.
