by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón · Edicomunicación. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476724859
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«El capitán Veneno» is the short novel by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, published by Edicomunicación in 1993 in paperback (126 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Madrid during the reign of Isabel II, it tells the story of don Jorge de Córdoba, a surly and misogynistic army captain. Wounded, he is cared for by Angustias, whose patience and attention challenge his prejudices. Amid misunderstandings, Captain Veneno discovers love and kindness and transforms his view of the world and of women.
Novel originally published in 1881. This edition is part of the Narrativa collection (no. 8) and includes a prologue and presentation by Francesc-Lluis Cardona.
A brief read suitable for those approaching the classics of nineteenth-century Spanish narrative.
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village life in Alarcón's native region of Andalusia. It was the basis for Hugo Wolf's opera Der Corregidor (1897); for Riccardo Zandonai's opera La farsa amorosa (1933); and Manuel de Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (1919).
