| Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels Rev Edition Contributor(s): Anonymous (Author), Alpert, Michael (Translator), Alpert, Michael (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140449000 ISBN-13: 9780140449006 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2003 Annotation: The two short novels in this volume follow the adventures of two unlikely heroes-delinquent "pcaros" living by their wits among corrupt priests and prostitutes, beggars and idle gentlemen, thieves, tricksters, and murderers. "Lazarillo de Tormes" (1554), published anonymously, provided a literary model for Cervantes' "Don Quixote" and describes the ingenious ruses employed by a boy from Salamanca to outwit a succession of disreputable masters. Francisco de Quevedo's "The Swindler" (1626) is a comic yet brutal and sordid account of a servant who wants to become a gentleman but ends up a cardsharp and common criminal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003283140 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.06" W x 7.92" (0.41 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |