BENITO PEREZ GALDOS
\bɪnˈiːtə͡ʊ pəɹˈɛz ɡˈaldə͡ʊz], \bɪnˈiːtəʊ pəɹˈɛz ɡˈaldəʊz], \b_ɪ_n_ˈiː_t_əʊ p_ə_ɹ_ˈɛ_z ɡ_ˈa_l_d_əʊ_z]\
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A Spanish novelist; born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, May 10, 1845. He went to Madrid when a lad to study law; but instead began writing plays, till their persistent rejection by managers caused him to try novel-writing, in which he established his fame and his fortune. "The Fountain of Gold" is the first, and "Electra" is one of the latest, of a long series of novels demonstrating that, as regards life, "few see it more clearly than Galdos".
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See Galdos.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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