A classic picaresque novel, Francisco de Quevedo’s ‚The Spanish Sharper‘ chronicles the adventures of Don Pablos, a buscón or swindler, who aims in life to learn virtue and to become a caballero, or gentleman, both of which he fails miserably at. The work is a notable piece of satire that criticizes not only Spanish society but the protagonist Pablos himself. His ambition to elevate his status to that of a gentleman is, in Quevedo’s opinion, unobtainable; as such aspirations from ...
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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 90 ● ISBN 9781420948295 ● Dateigröße 1.2 MB ● Verlag Neeland Media LLC ● Erscheinungsjahr 2013 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5344600 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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