Noches lúgubres
by José Cadalso
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Inspired by his life, and his passionate affair with the actress Mar a Ignacia Ib ez, Noches l gubres is the most famous of Cadalso's work. It was written in 1774 and serialized in the Correo de Madrid in the years 1789 and 1790. Tediato, the protagonist, talks with Lorenzo, the gravedigger of the cemetery where his lover is buried and gains permission to unearth her body. After three nights spent digging up the corpse of his beloved to take home he commits suicide by incinerating himself show more along with the remains of his lover. show lessTags
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- Canonical title*
- Las noches lúgubres
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- Las noches lúgubres. en el que se describe la angustia de un hombre enfrentado a la adversidad. Seguido de las entretenidas memorias escritas por el propio Cadalso en las que da a conocer sus orígenes, educación, afectos y ambiciones, completando un cuadro muy vivo de las formas de vida en el siglo XVIII.
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