When she wasn't teaching, she worked on her dissertation - a study of picaresque themes in four Spanish novels.

This popular Spanish novel was printed in several editions with the earliest surviving edition published about 1510.

Spanish historical novels fall into two categories: liberal and moderate.

Young was fond of naming his homes; one source claims that he borrowed the name Gardo from a favorite Spanish novel.

He enjoyed reading romantic Spanish novels and writing poetry for his female admirers.

With it, the Spanish novel is solved in concepts or abstractions.

His career was closely linked to literature, adapting classic Spanish novels to the big screen.

In other European countries, these Spanish novels were read and imitated.

"You've a sudden urge to discuss Spanish novels?"

All of which makes his quest to save couture as touching in its futility as a Spanish novel.