About the Book Cosas añejas is one of the most representative example of XIXth Century Dominican Literature, and the main production of César Nicolás Penson (1855-1901). Book Synopsis Cosas añejas constitutes one of the most representative example of XIXth Century Dominican Literature, and the main production of César Nicolás Penson (Santo Domingo, 1855-1901). In this work Penson gathers eleven Dominican XVII and XIX Century stories, that had been previously limited to legal files or folk spoken