censorship and authoritarianism coming from the putatively constitutional monarch. In the literary aspect, it can be noted that his admiration for the work of Leon Tolstoy is reflected in a certain spiritualism in his last writings and, in the same Russian line, he could not conceal a certain pessimism for the destiny of Spain, as can be perceived in the pages of one of his last National Episodes, Cánovas (1912), to which this paragraph belongs: In 1897, Pérez Galdós had been elected to the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy). After becoming blind he continued to dictate his books for the rest of his life. Pérez Galdós died at the age of 76. Shortly before his death, a statue in his honour was unveiled in the Parque del Buen Retiro, the most popular park in Madrid, financed solely by public donations.And a ceremony was held in which Galdos participated. The writer, now blind, explored her face with his hands and after recognizing her, he began to cry and said to the sculptor, a great friend of his, "Magnificent, my friend Macho, and how she looks like me! Works Early Novels La Fontana de Oro (1870) La Sombra (1871) El Audaz (1871) Doña Perfecta (1876) Gloria (1877) Marianela (1878) La Familia de León Roch (1878) Novelas Españolas Contemporáneas La Desheredada (1881) El Amigo Manso (1882) El Doctor Centeno (1883) Tormento (1884) La de Bringas (1884) Lo Prohibido (1884–85) Fortunata y Jacinta (1886–87) Celín, Tropiquillos y Theros (1887) Miau (1888) La Incógnita (1889) Torquemada en la Hoguera (1889) Realidad (1889) Ángel Guerra (1891) Later Novels Tristana (1892) Torquemada en la Cruz (1893) La Loca de la Casa (1893) Torquemada en el Purgatorio (1894) Torquemada y San Pedro (1895) Nazarín (1895) Halma (1895) Misericordia (1897) El Abuelo (1897) Casandra (1905) El Caballero Encantado (1909) La Razón de la Sinrazón (1915) Episodios Nacionales Episodios Nacionales Plays Quien Mal Hace, Bien no Espere (1861, lost) La Expulsión de los Moriscos (1865, lost) Un Joven de Provecho (1867?, published in 1936) Realidad (1892) La Loca de la Casa (1893) Gerona (1893) La de San Quintín (1894) Los Condenados (1895) Voluntad (1896) Doña Perfecta (1896) La Fiera (1897) Electra (1901) Alma y Vida (1902) Mariucha (1903) El Abuelo (1904) Barbara (1905) Amor y Ciencia (1905) Pedro Minio (1908) Zaragoza (1908) Casandra (1910) Celia en los Infiernos (1913) Alceste (1914) Sor Simona (1915) El Tacaño Salomón (1916) Santa