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Bibliography: The Spanish Student by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Title
- The Spanish Student
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Date
- 1843
- Genre
- drama
- Note Source
- O Pioneers! Part I, Chap. 4
- Note Relating to Cather
- Alexandra Bergson "was fond of Longfellow's verse, -- the ballads and the 'Golden Legend' and 'The Spanish Student.'" Based on Cervantes's La Gitanilla, The Spanish Student is about a Spanish student's love for a gypsy girl.