Exemplary Novels
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Taste attributes: comedyhistoricalromanceslowfresh & originalheavylinearglossyemotive & stirringsocial commentarycomplex relationshipfool triumphant
Boxlist takeFresh and moving: a serious comic novel. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Even more popular in their day than Don Quixote, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories (1613) blend picaresque narrative, comic irony, moral ambiguity, and sheer mirth. A nobleman undergoes a change of identity to prove his love for a mere gypsy girl; two young delinquents discover a guild of criminals which models itself on a religious brotherhood; a jealous old man imprisons his child-bride in a house which conjures up...
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- Author
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Published
- 1613
- Pages
- 320
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- Open Library
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