Exemplary Stories - Couverture souple

Cervantes, Miguel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140442480 ISBN 13 : 9780140442489

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1985

Synopsis

Book by Cervantes Miguel

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Composed throughout Cervantes's writing life and mentioned in Don Quixote, his Exemplary Stories are among the first and finest Spanish short stories: ranging from traditional tales of love to incisive moral fables. In The Little Gipsy Girl, an Italianate romance, the nomadic life is idealised through a love affair between the beautiful Preciosa and a nobleman who agrees to live as a gipsy to win her heart. Elsewhere, the intricacies of love are further explored in tales such as The Jealous Extremaduran, while the picaresque Rinconette and Cortadillo, depicting the friendship between a card-sharper and a pickpocket, presents a very different insight into the lower classes of seventeenth-century Spain. Widely regarded as one of Cervantes's greatest stories, The Dogs' Colloquy brilliantly captures Spanish conversation and society in its depiction of a discussion between two dogs mysteriously granted the gift of speech.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Miguel de Cervantes Saaverda's (1547-1616) life was occupied with a struggle to earn a livelihood from literature and humble government employment. As well as Don Quixote, he wrote a number of plays and a collection of highly accomplished short stories, Exemplary Tales (1613).Translated with an introduction by C. A. Jones

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0140442480
• ISBN 13: 9780140442489
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256