Just as Hardy has made the mythical Wessex with its terribly real people his own, so has IBANEZ made his the region of Valencia in Spain with its rustic superstitions, romances, beauties and tragedies. THE CABIN, regarded by many as his masterpiece, relates with a gripping fidelity to human nature the story of an accursed farm and the fate that befell the brave family which dared to defy the people by settling there and rebuilding the hateful, abandoned abode. IBANEZ paints gorgeously the colorful background of the country and draws with severity the lines of human passion and conduct. THE CABIN is a work of sheer art, picturesque, lavish with color, thrilling with the amenities and tragedies of simple, human relationships.