Bibliograph

Lazarillo de Tormes ;, and, The swindler (El buscón) : Two Spanish picaresque novels, Francisco de Quevedo ; translated with an introduction and notes by Michael Alpert

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Lazarillo de Tormes ;, and, The swindler (El buscón) : Two Spanish picaresque novels, Francisco de Quevedo ; translated with an introduction and notes by Michael Alpert

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lazarillo de Tormes ;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

54416182

Responsibility statement

Francisco de Quevedo ; translated with an introduction and notes by Michael Alpert

Series statement

Penguin classics

Sub title

and, The swindler (El buscón) : Two Spanish picaresque novels

Summary

In Lazarillo de Tormes, a boy uses ingenious tricks to outwit a succession of disreputable masters. In The swindler, a servant wants to become a gentleman but ends up a cardsharp and criminal

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Swindler

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