Author: Mariano José de Larra.
- Non-Fiction
- Catedra
- ISBN: 9788437602929
- Release Date: 01-01-1970
-Reviewed by: Lluís Agustí

At the beginning of the convulsive and dramatic 19th century in Spain, a young writer laments the state of his sad, outmoded, uncultured country. The modern style and relevance of Mariano José de Larra's prose, in contrast to many of his contemporaries, is characterized by its precision, rhythm, humor and absence of pomposity. The marvelous journalistic chronicles of the young Larra, who died at the tender age of 27, allows us to approach the way of life and the problems of Spain in the 1830's, some of which are still with us to this day.