Project Gutenberg 2008-04-15 Public domain in the USA. 290 Estébanez Calderón, Serafín 1799 1867 Estebanez Calderon, Serafin Calderón, Serafín Estébanez Novelas y cuentos Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Novelas y cuentos" by Serafín Estébanez Calderón is a collection of short stories likely written in the early 19th century. The work consists of various narratives that reveal the historical and societal intricacies of post-Reconquista Spain, particularly exploring themes surrounding the interactions between Christians and Moriscos. The opening portion hints at a cast of characters, including a crippled soldier and a beautiful Morisca named María, navigating their lives amidst societal tension and romantic intrigue. At the start of "Novelas y cuentos", the protagonist is introduced through a picturesque autumn day in a rustic Andalusian village. We meet a character, Cigarral, a lame soldier who engages in lively banter with a boy named Mercado as they take stock of their surroundings and discuss the comings and goings of village residents. Cigarral's humorous attempts to entertain the villagers with his dog, Canique, set the stage for a tale interwoven with themes of camaraderie, social hierarchies, and romantic longing, as the soldier expresses admiration for the lovely María. The narrative builds as it hints at deeper connections and societal tensions in a world caught at the intersection of tradition and change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. es Spanish fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Historical Novels 332853 2025-06-10T11:04:46.059838 text/html 367057 2008-04-15T12:53:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 131083 2008-04-15T12:53:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 207242 2025-06-10T11:04:54.557771 application/epub+zip 210962 2025-06-10T11:04:49.371794 application/epub+zip 186120 2025-06-10T11:04:48.016778 application/epub+zip 387863 2025-06-10T11:04:58.617744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370674 2025-06-10T11:04:53.678757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333378 2022-09-11T13:26:53.731288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298404 2025-06-10T11:04:45.372823 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 292718 2008-04-15T12:53:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 118030 2008-04-15T12:53:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18802 2025-06-10T11:04:58.764742 application/rdf+xml 13097 2025-06-10T11:04:48.574791 image/jpeg 3281 2025-06-10T11:04:48.294795 image/jpeg 204795 2025-06-10T11:04:46.094840 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia en.wikipedia