![]() ![]() Many are the corners of Madrid that are mentioned in this masterpiece of Castilian literature. “ Everything that is not this little piece does not seem to me to be Madrid” says Rosalía from the historic quarter, where our hotel is located, and more specifically from the Plaza Mayor and the Plaza de Oriente. ![]() The novel takes place in Madrid in the winter of 1867. He visited all kinds of scenes in order to be able to portray them with his agile and brilliant pen and listened to conversations in order to imitate the speech of the people of Madrid from different social strata. ![]() ![]() Sometimes even disguised as a civil servant or accompanied by the police for security reasons. They tell about Galdós, and he himself confirms this in texts written as prologues to reprints of his works and correspondence, that he used to walk around the city incognito. On the occasion of the centenary of the death of the famous writer Benito Pérez Galdós, we dive into his work to discover that other Madrid of the 19th century, so different and yet so recognisable, which has been portrayed in his novels. ![]()
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