El lindo don Diego : Comedia by Agustín Moreto
"El lindo don Diego: Comedia" by Agustín Moreto is a comedy published in 1662. When Don Tello arranges marriages for his two daughters without consulting them, one daughter faces disaster: her assigned groom, Don Diego, is an insufferably vain and ridiculous figurón. With the help of a clever servant, an elaborate deception unfolds to free her from this match, involving fake nobility, accusations of infidelity, and near-duels. This masterpiece of Spanish Golden
Age theater satirizes vanity through a pompous suitor hilariously blind to his own absurdity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Moreto, Agustín, 1618-1669 |
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| Title | El lindo don Diego : Comedia |
| Original Publication | Madrid: CALPE, 1920. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_lindo_don_Diego |
| Credits | Ramón Pajares Box. (This book was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive / Fons S. Gili Gaya / Universitat de Lleida.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | Spanish drama -- Classical period, 1500-1700 |
| Subject | Nobility -- Spain -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76276 |
| Release Date | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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