What is Leopoldo Alas?
[[Image:LeopoldoAlasClarin.jpg|thumb|Clarín]] '''Leopoldo Alas y Ureña''' (25 April 1851 – 13 May 1901), also known as '''Clarín''', was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Realism#Realism in liberal arts|realist]] writer born in [[Zamora (Spain)|Zamora]]. He died in [[Oviedo]] on 13 May 1901. Clarin lived in [[León, Spain|León]] and [[Guadalajara, Spain|Guadalajara]] in his childhood, then he moved to [[Oviedo]] in [[1865]]. There he studied ''at'' high school and he started his [[law]] career. He lived in [[Madrid]] from [[1871]] to [[1878]], where he started his career as a [[journalist]] and he graduated with the [[thesis]] ''Law and Morality''. He taught in [[Zaragoza]] from [[1882]] to [[1883]]. In 1883 he returned to Oviedo to take up a position as teacher of Roman law. His books include ''[[La Regenta]]''. It is a long work, similar to [[Flaubert|Flaubert's]] ''[[Madame Bovary]]'', one of the books that helped to [[inspire]] it. Other influences included [[Naturalism (literature)|Naturalism]] and ''[[Kraussism]]'', a philosophical trend which made cultural and moral change in Spain. He also wrote Nuevo viaje al Parnaso and La Literatura en 1881 (1882), working with [[Armando Palacio Valdes]]. ''La Regenta'' is special for its great number of characters and other stories around the main story of the novel. The main character is shown in a way that is not very clear. The downfall of the provincial lady who is between two very different men who want to marry her: the most handsome man in the city, who is the winner in the end, and the cathedral's priest. The way the priest is shown is a very important part of the book. For the description of the [[provincial]] setting and the city's collective life, Clarín used styles such as the internal [[monologue]] or the [[free indirect style]], which makes the story be told by the characters, not the narrator. In [[1890]], he published a new novel, ''Su único hijo''. Most critics do not think it is as good as ''La Regenta''. ''Su único hijo'' was originally meant to be the fir