The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 1/3
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"The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 1/3" by Mateo Alemán is a picaresque novel published in two parts in 1599 and 1604. The work follows a young street urchin through his first-person adventures as he matures into adulthood. Blending engaging storytelling with moralizing discourse, it recounts the exploits and excesses of its antihero protagonist—born in infamy and navigating a world of delinquency and roguish misadventures. This
hybrid of adventure tale and doctrinal sermon became wildly popular across Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Alemán, Mateo, 1547-1614? |
|---|---|
| Translator | Brady, John Henry |
| Translator | Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747 |
| Title | The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 1/3 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guzm%C3%A1n_de_Alfarache |
| Credits |
Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 52.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Spanish fiction -- Classical period, 1500-1700 |
| Subject | Picaresque fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 52806 |
| Release Date | Aug 14, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 452 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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