Social Ideas in the Valencian and Madrid Novels of Vicente Blasco Ibanez Page: 1
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Vicente Blasco Ibanez was born In Valencia, in 1867•
He 3pent his childhood in the city and the surrounding
areas and became very familiar with them. Many of the
traits which were to characterize him as an adult were
already present at this early age. He was restless, im-
pulsive, undisciplined. An avid reader, he attended a
private school and the Colegio Valentino during his boy-
hood. His father wanted him to Join in the operation of
the family's clothing store and his mother wanted him to
become a priest. The author wanted to become a sailor; but
when his parents refused their permission, he enrolled as a
student at the university in Valencia. During his years at
the Colegio Valentino, he had made himself conspicuous as a
supporter of the Spanish republican movement; and at the
university he gained notoriety for his attacks on the state
and the established church. In 1883 he went to Madrid,
where he worked as a secretary for the romantic novelist
Manuel Fernindez Q-onz&lez.
In 1884 he founded EI. Pueblo P a republican newspaper
which enjoyed a great deal of popularity among the workmen
in Madrid and the suburbs. In the next year he was
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Sutton, Jack H. Social Ideas in the Valencian and Madrid Novels of Vicente Blasco Ibanez, thesis, August 1966; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130758/m1/4/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .