The nun and other stories
By: by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón ; translated from the Spanish by Robert M. Fedorchek ; introduction by Stephen Miller.
Contributors: Fedorchek, Robert M., 1938-
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lewisburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Description: With its brooding noblewoman, classically beautiful nun, and neurotic child - who is the grandson of the former and the nephew of the latter - "The Nun" becomes a stage as it represents the past and the future of the family, the past and future of Spain. "Moors and Christians" explores, humorously and wisely, the effects of greed, the nefarious nature of covetousness.

Alarcon subtitled "The Tall Woman" a "tale of fear," and his protagonist's hair-raising brushes with danger and evil remind one of the writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann and Edgar Allan Poe. Don Jorge de Cordoba, the Captain "Poison" of Captain Poison, has always seen himself as an unabashed misogynist, but when his life is saved by a courageous young woman, fate conspires to reverse his outlook.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180).
Table of contents: title: The nun; title: Captain Poison; title: Moors and Christians; title: The tall woman.