The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 2/3
"The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 2/3" by Mateo Alemán is a picaresque novel published in two parts in 1599 and 1604. This first-person narrative follows a young street urchin through roguish misadventures as he matures into adulthood. Part adventure tale, part moralizing sermon, the work chronicles the exploits of an antihero born into infamy who navigates a lower-class world of delinquency. His journey ultimately leads
to condemnation as a galley-slave, where he seeks absolution for his past sins. (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. 2/3 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guzm%C3%A1n_de_Alfarache |
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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: 56.3 (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. | 52938 |
| Release Date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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