Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

“The White Doe” (La corza blanca) is a short story by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, published in June 1863 in La América. The story is set in a small village in Aragon during the Middle Ages. Don Dionís, a retired knight, devotes himself to hunting in the company of his daughter Constanza, renowned for her extraordinary beauty. During one of their expeditions, the hunters encounter Esteban, a shepherd who tells them an unsettling story about the deer of the region and a mysterious white doe. Although the tale is met with skepticism by the hunters, Garcés, a young huntsman, decides to investigate the truth.