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Los mejores libros jamás escritos Edición de Santiago López-Ríos, profesor de Literatura Española en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid La emoción, la belleza, el sentido trágico y al mismo tiempo grotesco de las grandes pasiones humanas hallan en La Celestina una de sus más... Read Full Overview

The Celestina is considered by scholars to be the first European novel. Written in fifteenth-century Spain, this masterpiece is remarkable for its originality, depth, handling of dialogue, and drawing of character. The novel's focus is the character of Celestina, who dominates... Read Full Overview

The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel-in a spirited new translation A Spanish Romeo and Juliet , Celestina was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and... Read Full Overview

La Celestina o, sencillamente, Celestina, es el nombre con el que se ha popularizado la Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, atribuida a Fernando de Rojas. Su composici n se remonta a los ltimos a os del siglo XV, durante el reinado de los Reyes Cat licos, si bien su extraordinario... Read Full Overview

Edici n dual en tapa blanda, en castellano antiguo y moderno. La Celestina es el nombre con el que se ha popularizado la Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, atribuida a Fernando de Rojas. Su composici n se remonta a los ltimos a os del siglo XV, durante el reinado de los Reyes... Read Full Overview

An indispensable analysis of great Spanish literature is offered. The objective is to permit teachers & students of Spanish literature an access for a clear understanding of the author & his work.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west and stumbled upon an unknown continent that came to be called America. Seven years later The Comedia of Calisto and Melibea (or as it later became known, La Celestina) was published in Spain, and instantly became a national best seller... Read Full Overview

Celestina is the most remarkable work produced in 15th century Spain and its influence has been enduring and profound. It is a prose dialogue divided into 21 'acts', starting in comedy and ending in tragedy. The main trigger of events is the passion conceived by the youth Calisto... Read Full Overview

La Celestina

"Celestina" is a late 15th century work by Fernando de Rojas that is considered one of the greatest works of Spanish literature, one which marks the transition from the late medieval period and the beginning of the literary renaissance in Spain. The story is concerned with... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The first European novel, exquisitely translated by Margaret Sayers Peden

A timeless story of love, morality, and tragedy, Fernando de Rojas's Celestina is a classic of Spanish literature. Second only to DonQuixote in its cultural importance,... Read Full Overview