Darwinian theory - the big idea of the nineteenth century - and its impact on the writing of Benito P?rez Gald?s. Despite the fact that Darwinian theory was perhaps the big idea of the nineteenth century, most critics in the past have assumed that Benito P?rez Gald?s would have remained unaffected by this scientific and philosophical revolution. This work contends otherwise, charting the influence of evolutionary theories on Gald?s throughout...