Exemplary Stories (Oxford World's Classics)

By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Book Overview

More popular in their day than Don Quxixote, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories (1613) surprise, challenge and delight. Ranging from the picaresque to the satirical, the Exemplary Stories defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature through a combination of comic irony, moral ambiguity, realism, and sheer mirth. This new translation captures the full vigour of Cervantes's wit and make available two rarely printed gems, "The Illustrious Kitchen Maid" and "The Power of Blood."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192832433
• ISBN13: 9780192832436
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 0.8" x 7.7"