Exemplary Stories
| Author | : Miguel Cervantes |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 2006-05-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780141960289 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0141960280 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (280 Downloads) |
Download or read book Exemplary Stories written by Miguel Cervantes and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed throughout Cervantes's writing life and mentioned in Don Quixote, his Exemplary Stories are among the first and finest Spanish short stories: ranging from traditional tales of love to incisive moral fables. In The Little Gipsy Girl, an Italianate romance, the nomadic life is idealised through a love affair between the beautiful Preciosa and a nobleman who agrees to live as a gipsy to win her heart. Elsewhere, the intricacies of love are further explored in tales such as The Jealous Extremaduran, while the picaresque Rinconette and Cortadillo, depicting the friendship between a card-sharper and a pickpocket, presents a very different insight into the lower classes of seventeenth-century Spain. Widely regarded as one of Cervantes's greatest stories, The Dogs' Colloquy brilliantly captures Spanish conversation and society in its depiction of a discussion between two dogs mysteriously granted the gift of speech.
