Los cazadores de mamuts

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory. But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of England's magicians. He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman...

Enmarcada dentro de la corriente realista española, “Nubes de estío” es una de las novelas más destacadas de José María Pereda. Publicada por primera vez en 1891, trata de los “trashumantes” veraniegos que cada año destruían el ritmo de la región.

-Planear una boda no es fácil... -Habla por ti. -Cállate ¿quieres? Como decía, planear y vivir el momento exacto de una boda no es fácil, menos cuando tu hija, tu niña, se está casando con un cretino. -Cuida tus palabras... -Bueno, no un cretino, pero sí el hijo de tu peor pesadilla, tu enemigo, el hombre que casi se roba a tu mujer... -Tengo que recordarte que te vi metiéndole la lengua a Kath en la boca. ¡Yo jamás toqué a Evangeline! -Supéralo, D'Angelo. ¿Me vas a dejar continuar? Gracias... en fin, el punto acá es que ningún padre es feliz viendo a su pequeña entregarse a...