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Date: 1613

Classics Classics The gypsy

Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (de)

1613

First of the "exemplary novels," the one that opens the volume of 1613, to begin by reflecting this concern of "to show with property a slime." Social disatino, in this case, because in the Spain of then the love relationship between a courtier gentleman and a gypsy girl was unthinkable. Although it was just as unthinkable to find a virtuous gypsy with exemplary behavior.

Classics Classics The colloquium of dogs

Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (de)

1613

The conversation between two dogs, called Cipion and Berganza, who keep the aforementioned Hospital of the Resurrection of Valladolid, on whose site today is the Mantilla House. When they have acquired the power to speak during the nights, Berganza decides to tell Cipion his experiences with different masters, going through places like Seville, Montilla (Córdoba) and Granada, until they reach Valladolid.

Classics Classics The English Spanish

Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (de)

1613

An English gentleman takes from Cadiz to his country, as a destitute of war, a maiden (Isabela), who is educated as a daughter, by him and by his wife. It was of such exceptional beauty and discretion that the son of the two English lords (Ricaredo) fell in love with her and asked her parents for a wife.

Classics Classics The two maids

Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (de)

1613

The deceits of the Teodosia and Leocadia maidens make up an intrigue with pastoral and technical themes of the Byzantine novel. They are disguised as men (a resource widely used in the novels and theatre of the time), they go after their love until they get married to them.