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The Swindler and Lazarillo de Tormes

Two Spanish Picaresque Novels

Francisco de Quevedo author Michael Alpert translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:24th Apr '03

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The Swindler and Lazarillo de Tormes cover

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 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.

ISBN: 9780140449006

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm

Weight: 179g

240 pages