Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Michael Alpert, Francisco de Quevedo

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Michael Alpert, Francisco de Quevedo

240 pages first pub 1554 (editions)

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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 Tormes...

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Moods

adventurous 100%
dark 100%
funny 100%
informative 100%
lighthearted 100%

Pace

fast 100%

Strong character development?

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Loveable characters?

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Diverse cast of characters?

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