Tales from the Italian and Spanish, Vol. 7 : Pepita Jimenez and Marta and Maria

Juan Valera y Alcal-Galiano (1824-1905), was a Spanish realist author, writer and political figure, best known for Pepita Jimnez which depicts a young seminarian's gradual of the empty vanity of his vocation, culminating in a shattering denouement. Armando Palacio Valds (1853-1938) was a Spanish novelist and critic. His Marta y Maria portrays of the struggle between religious vocation and earthly passion, somewhat in the manner of Valera.