Life of Lazarillo de Tormes (Markham translation)
Author: last_name: Anonymous
Language: English
Year: 1908

A whimsical collection of stories about a wandering street urchin, <i>Lazarillo de Tormes</i> is a classic of the Spanish Golden Age, even paid homage in Cervantes’ <i>Don Quixote</i>. Rendered homeless by the arrest of his father and poverty of his mother, the boy Lazarillo has no choice but to go out and find masters to serve. Unfortunately, each of his masters is worse than the one before, and in each case Lazarillo is cast upon his own wits in order to survive. Clever, hungry, and desperate,