Exemplary Stories

Exemplary Stories
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1972
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0140442480

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Even more popular in their day than Don Quixote, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories (1613) surprise, challenge and delight. Ranging from the picaresque to the satirical, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature through a combination of comic irony, moral ambiguity, realism, and sheer mirth. With acute narrative skill and deft characterisation, drawing on colloquial language and farce, Cervantes creates a tension between the everyday and the literary, the plausible and the improbable. While encouraging us to reach our own moral conclusions, he also persuades us to accept the coincidental and the incredible: two boys indulge their life of crime at a time of public prayer; a young nobleman undergoes a change of identity at the behest of not a princess but a mere gipsy girl, and, most fantastically, talking dogs philosophize in a ward full of syphilitics. By placing the extraordinary within the contexts of the ordinary, the Exemplary Stories chart new novelistic territory and demonstrate Cervantes at his most imaginative and innovative. This new translation captures the full vigour of Cervantes's wit and makes available two rarely printed tales, `The Illustrious Kitchen Maid' and `The Power of Blood'.

Exemplary Novels

Exemplary Novels
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1902
Genre:
ISBN:

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The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes

The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes
Author: Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2024-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9361429353

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"The Exemplary Novels" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a collection of brief memories that exhibit Cervantes' mastery of narrative and character improvement. This series consists of twelve novellas that cover a wide variety of topics, such as love, honor, deception, and justice. Each novella in the series gives a unique story with numerous characters and settings, providing a glimpse into the human revel in in seventeenth-century Spain. Cervantes' storytelling prowess shines via as he weaves intricate plots, moral dilemmas, and surprising twists that engage readers and initiate idea. Through these exemplary novels, Cervantes explores the complexities of human nature, the effects of selections, and the moral challenges that individuals face of their pursuit of happiness and fulfillment. The tales are rich in symbolism, wit, and social observation, reflecting Cervantes' eager observations of Spanish society and the human condition. "The Exemplary Novels" exemplify Cervantes' ability as a storyteller and his ability to craft compelling narratives that resonate with readers across time and lifestyle. This collection remains a timeless masterpiece of Spanish literature, showcasing Cervantes' enduring impact at the genre of the novel and his affect on subsequent generations of writers.

Exemplary Novels

Exemplary Novels
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0300125860

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Edith Grossman, celebrated for her brilliant translation of Don Quixote, offers a dazzling new version of another Cervantes classic, on the 400th anniversary of his death The twelve novellas gathered together in Exemplary Novels reveal the extraordinary breadth of Cervantes's imagination: his nearly limitless ability to create characters, invent plots, and entertain readers across continents and centuries. Cervantes published his book in Spain in 1613. The assemblage of unique characters (eloquent witches, talking dogs, Gypsy orphans, and an array of others), the twisting plots, and the moral heart at the core of each tale proved irresistible to his enthusiastic audience. Then as now, Cervantes's readers find pure entertainment in his pages, but also a subtle artistry that invites deeper investigation. Edith Grossman's eagerly awaited translation brings this timeless classic to English-language readers in an edition that will delight those already familiar with Cervantes's work as well as those about to be enchanted for the first time. Roberto González Echevarría's illuminating introduction to the volume serves as both an appreciation of Cervantes's brilliance and a critical guide to the novellas and their significance.

The Exemplary Novels

The Exemplary Novels
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2013-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781492832430

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Miguel de Cervantes, world-famous author of 'Don Quixote', completed his 'novelas ejemplares', in 1613. He intended these twelve shorter stories as entertainment as well as examples of moral behaviour. This is a modernized and complete edition that includes the following stories: The Lady Cornelia; Rinconete and Cortadillo; or: Peter of the Corner and the Little Cutter; The Licentiate Vidriera; or: Doctor Glass-Case; The Deceitful Marriage; Dialogue Between Scipio and Berganza, Dogs of the Hospital of the Resurrection; The Little Gipsy Girl; The Generous Lover; The Spanish-English Lady; The Force of Blood; The Jealous Estramaduran; The Illustrious Scullery-Maid; The Two Damsels

The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes

The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes
Author: Miguel de Cervantes
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2018-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734022495

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Reproduction of the original: The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes

Cervantes: The Complete Exemplary Novels

Cervantes: The Complete Exemplary Novels
Author: Barry W. Ife
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 745
Release: 2013-11-18
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1800345127

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Originally published in four separate volumes, this publication sees all 12 Novelas Ejemplares as a single volume for the first time in English. Each story has an individual introduction, the original Spanish text with facing English translation and notes.

Exemplary Novels

Exemplary Novels
Author: Cervantes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1900
Genre:
ISBN:

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The Deceitful Marriage

The Deceitful Marriage
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: New American Library of Canada
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1963
Genre: Domestic fiction, Spanish
ISBN:

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"It was the Exemplary Novels, published three years before his death ... that established Cervantes' literary reputation among the intellectuals of his time. These picaresque stories ring with racy idiom and peasant humor, and with explicit characterizations that show how well he knew the speech and folkways and psychology of the common people. Among the Exemplary Novels presented here are three of his most famous ones: The Deceitful Marriage, a cynical tale of Spanish domestic life, merciless in its realism, pungent in its humor; The Little Gypsy, a love story of a high-spirited girl whose haunting counterpart has reappeared in the works of Goethe and Victor Hugo; and The Dogs' Colloquy, judged by many critics to be the greatest short story ever written."--Page 4 of cover.