10 h 0 minAudiobook7 minSummaryRead it, hear it, the 15-minute summary, and print and large print at costPaperback · 6 × 9 in · printing soonHardcover · 6 × 9 in · printing soonAbout this book
What if a ruined abbey, a mountain spring, or a moonlit path holds something the living cannot explain?
In Romantic Legends of Spain, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer turns old rumours and local traditions into tales of longing and fear. The Mountain of the Spirits takes you to Soria on All Souls Night, where Beatriz's wish sends her cousin Alonso toward a haunted mountain. Love draws him toward what others dread.
The Green Eyes follows Fernando de Argensola, a hunter obsessed with eyes glimpsed in a spring. Master Pérez the Organist brings you to Seville and its beloved blind musician. In The Moonbeam, the dreamy poet Manrique wanders ruins at night. Across these stories, strange music and elusive visions bring the supernatural close.
What you’ll discover
- A mountain of dread Follow Alonso toward a place where memories of the dead become a living fear.
- The pull of green eyes Feel Fernando's longing grow as his loyal servant Iñigo tries to warn him.
- Music within old walls Meet Maese Pérez, whose beautiful organ playing draws the love of a whole city.
- Ruins beneath the moon Walk beside Manrique through the night as he searches for a vision.
- Love beyond reason Explore desires that cross the bounds of reason, in tales shaped by mood rather than haste.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you love ghost stories told by a fireside, moonlit ruins, medieval knights, and short tales where a single night can change a life.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A blind organist makes Seville weep
- Longing draws men toward spirits and jewels
- A dreamer searches the moonlit streets
- Windows, hands and pride in Toledo
- A laughing doe and a daughter's secret
- A baron's wild ride and a lover's promise
- Marble ladies and mountain ghosts on holy nights
- Caves, fountains and a psalm no one finishes
- Strange hearts and voices of the bells
Who’s who
- Master PérezA blind, seventy-six-year-old convent organist in Seville whose playing makes a whole city weep and who refuses to give up his old organ.
- Fernando de ArgensolaA young heir who chases a wounded stag to a haunted spring and cannot forget the green eyes he saw in the water.
- ManricoA dreamy poet-nobleman of Soria who prefers solitude and spends months searching for a white-robed woman he glimpsed once in the ruins.
- Doña Inés de TordesillasThe proud beauty of Toledo whose dropped glove sets two friends, Alonso and Lope, against each other on the eve of war.
- GarcésA loyal huntsman who has loved his lord's daughter since boyhood and hopes to win her favor by catching a legendary white doe.
- SaraThe pale, clever daughter of a Toledo metalworker who loves a Christian and is willing to defy her father to protect him.
- Teobaldo de MontagutA cruel, blasphemous baron who threatens a priest before rushing out to chase a boar.
- MartaThe dark, proud older sister whose poverty and secret love make tales of hidden treasure especially tempting.
Formats and delivery
- eBook
- On your phone, tablet, computer or Kindle, with the type as large as you like.
- Large-print eBook
- The same book in bigger, clearer type, from the first page.
- Audiobook
- 10 h 0 min, complete, read by Lucas Linden.
- 15-minute summary
- The key ideas in about 7 minutes, to read or to hear.
- Paperback
- 6 × 9 in. Printing soon: leave your email under Paperback or Hardcover above.
- Hardcover
- 6 × 9 in. Printing soon: leave your email under Paperback or Hardcover above.
- Large print paperback
- 8.5 × 11 in. Printing soon: leave your email under Paperback or Hardcover above.
- Large print hardcover
- 8.5 × 11 in. Printing soon: leave your email under Paperback or Hardcover above.
eBooks and audiobooks open right away. Download EPUB or PDF, or send the book to your Kindle. Every printed copy is made when you order it and shipped worldwide; shipping is shown at checkout.
How it works
- Start free. Nothing to pay today; the eBook of this book is yours to keep.
- Read, listen and print. 200,000+ classics as eBook, large-print eBook, audiobook and 15-minute summary, and any book printed at cost as a paperback, hardcover or large print, 5 accounts for the price of one.
- We remind you first. Free for 3 months, and we email you 7 days before your first payment. Then 0,14 USD a day in your first year on the yearly plan and 0,27 USD a day after, or 0,66 USD a day on the monthly plan. Cancel online in two clicks.
Bought on its own? Every eBook, audiobook and printed book you buy without the plan carries our 30-day money-back guarantee.
25 languages, side by side
Read and hear Leggende romantiche della Spagna in 25 languages and switch at any time. Or read two side by side, paragraph by paragraph: the way to learn a language with a book you love.
Leggende romantiche della Spagna
On Christmas Eve, Seville crowds into Santa Inés to hear a blind organist play.
Challenging10–20 hours to read25 languages
Excellent
- Read or listen
- 25 languages, side by side
- Print and large print at cost
- 5 accounts for the price of one
Free for 3 months · starts right away, on any device
Read free3 months free · cancel anytimeFree for 3 months, then 0,14 USD a dayCancel anytimeHow it works
In short
A blind organist plays so beautifully on Christmas Eve that Seville stops to weep. A hunter chases a wounded stag toward a spring said to shelter an evil spirit.
From the 15-minute summary · Key idea 1
A blind organist makes Seville weep
The collection opens with Master Pérez the Organist, a legend set in Seville. Master Pérez is blind, seventy-six years old and the organist of the convent of Santa Inés. His only family is his daughter and his only friend is his old organ.
On Christmas Eve the whole city comes to hear him at Midnight Mass, from dukes and knights to the rowdy crowd with torches and tambourines. Even though he is ill, he insists on being carried to the loft. When the Host is raised, his music sounds like angels, and the crowd falls silent and weeps. Then a woman's cry cuts through the church, and the organ breaks off on a sobbing note.
Free for 3 months · Cancel anytime
Free gifts
580 USD in free gifts when you start
Every book in every format and in 25 languages, 5 accounts for the price of one. Nothing to pay today.
- 200,000+ classic eBooksIn 25 languages, side by side
170 USDFREE - Every audiobookIn 25 languages, any device
120 USDFREE - 15-minute summariesRead or listen, in 25 languages
60 USDFREE - Print at cost, no markupPaperback, hardcover, large print
60 USDFREE - 5 accounts for the price of oneA shelf for everyone at home
170 USDFREE - A part in rebuilding the libraryNew languages and books for all
FREE
Questions about Leggende romantiche della Spagna
Can I read it free?
Yes. The first key idea of the 15-minute summary is free with no sign-up. Start free and the whole book is yours for 3 months, with the eBook to keep, plus 200,000+ more classics and any book printed at cost as a paperback, hardcover or large print. Nothing to pay today: we email you 7 days before your first payment, and you can cancel online in two clicks.
Can I buy the printed book?
Soon. The paperback, hardcover and large print editions are being prepared. Choose Paperback or Hardcover above, leave your email, and we tell you the day you can order it, printed at cost.
How many accounts do I get?
Five, for the price of one: you and 4 more people, each with their own login, shelf and their own place in every book.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel online in two clicks at any time and nothing more is charged. Nothing is charged in your first 3 months, and we email you 7 days before your first payment.
What is Romantic Legends of Spain about?
It is a collection of short tales by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, set in Seville, Toledo, Soria and the Moncayo mountains. They deal with ghosts, forbidden love, haunted places and the supernatural, and many are told as local traditions.
Are the stories in Romantic Legends of Spain true?
They are literary legends that often draw on local traditions and folk tales. Bécquer says at times that he heard them from villagers or shopkeepers, then shapes them into vivid scenes of his own.
Which legends offer a first taste of the collection?
The Moonbeam, The Emerald Eyes, The Devil's Cross, The Kiss, The Miserere and The Spirits' Mountain offer dreams, haunted places and mysterious encounters. Each can be read alone in a single sitting, so they work well as a first taste.
The author
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
1836–1870 · Spanish Romantic poet
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer was a Spanish poet and prose writer born in Seville in 1836. He moved to Madrid in 1854 and died there in 1870. He wrote poems known as Rimas and prose legends known as Leyendas. A collection of his works was published after his death in 1871.
More by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
All 2 booksMore like this
Our mission
The library burned once. We are building it back.
Every great book, in every language and every format, for every family. Every plan helps pay for new languages, new audiobooks and books for readers who have never had them. Join the movement.
Read our story- Every language25 languages today, side by side, and more every year
- No wastePrinted on demand: no warehouses, no unsold stock, no pulped copies
- For everyonePaperback, hardcover and large print at the cost of printing
