CUENTOS DE LA AM6ERICA ESPAaHQALBERTOV6AZQUEZ,6468 , 30279479CUENTOS DE LA AMERICA ESPANOLATanto e tanto onestagentile parela donna . . .mia,DANTE ALIGHIERILADECUENTOSAMERICA ESPANOLAandSelection, Notes, VocabularyEdited byALBERTO VAZQUEZTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYAND CO.GREENLONGMANS,NEWYORK LONDON TORONTO1952GREEN AND INC.LONGMANS, CO.,FIFTH NEW YORK55 AVENUE, 3GREEN AND CO. LTD.LONGMANS,W I6 & CLIFFORD LONDON7 STREET,GREEN AND CO.LONGMANS,VICTORIA TORONTO I215 STREET,CUENTOS DE L'A AMERICA ESPANOLA*COPYRIGHT 1952BY GREENLONGMANS, AND INC,CO.,ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCETHIS OR ANY PORTIONBOOK, IN ANY FORMTHEREOF,PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA BYLONGMANS, GREEN AND TORONTOCO.,FIRST EDITIONLIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 52-5736Printed in the United States of AmericaPREFACEThe collection of American cuentospresent Spanish (shortdoes not to cover thisthe'broad field ofnarratives) pretend genrein the American The limitations in-Spanish speaking republics.herent in a work such as intended as it is for classroomthis, use,make such an inadvisable. The whichcollection,undertakingincludes selec-twenty stories, contains, however, representativetions well-known ofwhom have attainedby authors, literarymanydistinction in the world. The stories cover aSpanish speakingwide of matter and Their fromrange subject types. plots rangethe realistic of life to the more fanciful ...
CUENTOS DE LA AM6ERICA ESPAaHQ
ALBERTOV6AZQUEZ,
6468 , 30279
479CUENTOS DE LA AMERICA ESPANOLATanto e tanto onestagentile pare
la donna . . .mia,
DANTE ALIGHIERILADECUENTOS
AMERICA ESPANOLA
andSelection, Notes, Vocabulary
Edited by
ALBERTO VAZQUEZ
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
AND CO.GREENLONGMANS,
NEWYORK LONDON TORONTO
1952GREEN AND INC.LONGMANS, CO.,
FIFTH NEW YORK55 AVENUE, 3
GREEN AND CO. LTD.LONGMANS,
W I6 & CLIFFORD LONDON7 STREET,
GREEN AND CO.LONGMANS,
VICTORIA TORONTO I
215 STREET,
CUENTOS DE L'A AMERICA ESPANOLA
*COPYRIGHT 1952
BY GREENLONGMANS, AND INC,CO.,
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE
THIS OR ANY PORTIONBOOK, IN ANY FORMTHEREOF,
PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA BY
LONGMANS, GREEN AND TORONTOCO.,
FIRST EDITION
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 52-5736
Printed in the United States of AmericaPREFACE
The collection of American cuentospresent Spanish (short
does not to cover thisthe'broad field ofnarratives) pretend genre
in the American The limitations in-Spanish speaking republics.
herent in a work such as intended as it is for classroomthis, use,
make such an inadvisable. The whichcollection,undertaking
includes selec-twenty stories, contains, however, representative
tions well-known ofwhom have attainedby authors, literarymany
distinction in the world. The stories cover aSpanish speaking
wide of matter and Their fromrange subject types. plots range
the realistic of life to the more fanciful themessimplicity daily
of the The who move these
imagination. people throughout
some are humble and others arepages vary greatly: simple folk,
somewhatmore allbut are human.complex, profoundly
It is difficult to determine beforehand at what in thelevel,
of advanta-this text could be moreprocess learning Spanish,
Each teacher will have to decide that for him-
geously 'adopted.
I that fourthself. have found from theexperience, however,
semester of that the second semester of the
is,'college Spanish,
second is a at which to use this book.year, satisfactory point
I am indebted to classes in American literature atmy Spanish
theThe for valuable assistance inGeorge Washington University
selection these stories. read stories in the course of,of They many
several and their reactions and served asyears opinions guidance
the final selection of the authors and works included in thisfor
Misstext. I wish also to toacknowledge my deep appreciation
reference librarian of the Columbus Me-Marian chiefForero,
moVial of the Pan-American for favorsUnion, manyLibrary
the arduous of this book.received andduring long preparation
A. V.
D. G.Washington,