num_pages: 368
description: More popular in their day than Don Quixote, 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."
language: English
title: Exemplary Stories
titlecomplete: Exemplary Stories
genres: Spanish Literature, Short Stories, Spain, 17th Century, Novels, Literature, Classics, European Literature, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 3029
series: Novelas Ejemplares
publisher: Oxford University Press