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Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels

Francisco de Quevedo
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The unlikely heroes of the Spanish picaresque novels make their way - by whatever means they can - through a colourful and seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Both Lazarillo de Tormesand Pablos and the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Release
August 26, 2003
ISBN
0140449000
ISBN 13
9780140449006

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels

Francisco de Quevedo
3.6/5 ( ratings)
The unlikely heroes of the Spanish picaresque novels make their way - by whatever means they can - through a colourful and seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Both Lazarillo de Tormesand Pablos and the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Release
August 26, 2003
ISBN
0140449000
ISBN 13
9780140449006

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