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The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache; vol. I

The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache; vol. I

by Mateo Alemán

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Author
Alemán, Mateo, 1547-1614?
Title
The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 1/3
Credits
Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Picaresque fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 52806
Release Date
August 14, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF GUZMAN D’ALFARACHE, OR THE SPANISH ROGUE.
  2. 2.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  3. 3.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
  4. 4.CHAP. I. Introduction.
  5. 5.CHAP. II. Of the Parents of Guzman, but more particularly of his Father.
  6. 6.CHAP. III. Guzman relates how his Father makes an acquaintance with a Lady, with the consequences thereof.
  7. 7.CHAP. IV. Guzman’s Father gets married, and dies: what followed his death.
  8. 8.CHAP. V. Guzman sets out from Seville. His first adventure at an Inn.
  9. 9.CHAP. VI. Guzman meets with a Muleteer and two Friars; of their conversation; and in what manner the Muleteer and he were regaled at an Inn at Cantillana.
  10. 10.CHAP. VII. The Landlord steals Guzman’s cloak.—A great uproar at the Inn.
  11. 11.CHAP. VIII. Guzman and the Muleteer meet with another misfortune.
  12. 12.CHAP. IX. The Amour of Ozmin and the beautiful Daraxa.
  13. 13.CHAP. X. Guzman becomes an Innkeeper’s Boy.
  14. 14.CHAP. XI. Guzman becomes disgusted with his situation, leaves the Inn, and repairs to Madrid, where he associates with some beggars.
  15. 15.CHAP. XII. Guzman is engaged by a Cook.

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