Perekop
ISTHMUS OF, in S.
Russia, connecting the peninsula of the Crimea with the mainland of European Russia. In the N. of the isthmus is the small town of Perekop.
PÉREZ GALDÓS, BENITO, a Spanish novelist. He was born in the Canary Islands in 1845, and studied law at Madrid, but followed literature as a He was a member of the Cortes career. for a time, and while there gave evidence of the revolutionary ideals that showed in his historical romances. He wrote voluminously, and completed 20 stories of his "Episodios Nacionales" series by 1883. His best known work is "Doña Perfecta" which appeared in 1876.
Others are "Gloria"; "La Familia de León Roch"; "Marianela"; "El Amigo Manso"; "El Doctor Centeno"; "Fortunata y Jacinta"; "Miau"; "Angel Guerra"; "Nazarin"; "Misericordia." He also wrote several plays. He died in 1920, statues having been erected to him in his lifetime, and national subscriptions being gathered to honor him.