Exemplary Stories

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Book Overview

More popular in their day than Don Quxixote, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories (1613) surprise, challenge and delight. Ranging from the picaresque to the satirical, the Exemplary Stories defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature through a combination of comic irony, moral ambiguity, realism, and sheer mirth. This new translation captures the full vigor of Cervantes's wit and make available two rarely printed gems, "The Illustrious Kitchen Maid"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199555001
• ISBN13: 9780199555000
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.6"