Zorro (novel) Zorro (novel) Zorro is a 2005 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. Its subject is the pulp hero Diego de la Vega, better known as El Zorro (The Fox), who was featured in an early 20th-century novel. The novel takes the form of a biography and was the first origin story for this legendary character. In terms of material, it is a prequel to Johnston McCulley's 1919 novella "The Curse of Capistrano," which first featured the character of Zorro. The story incorporates details from a variety of works that have featured the pulp hero, including the 1998 film "The Mask
Zorro However, Fairbanks's sequel, "Don Q, Son of Zorro" (1925), was more based on the 1919 novel "Don Q's Love Story" by the mother-son duo Kate Prichard and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard than "The Further Adventures". Thus McCulley received no credit on the film. At first, production of new Zorro stories proceeded at irregular intervals: the third novel, "Zorro Rides Again" (not to be confused with the 1937 theatrical serial) was published in 1931, nine years after the second one. Then, between 1932 and 1941, McCulley wrote four short stories and two serialized novels. Zorro stories were published much more frequently between 1944