Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque

Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels (Penguin Classics)

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.

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Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780140449006
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2003-08-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140449006

Lazarillo de Tormes and the Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels (Penguin Classics)