by Alain René Le Sage · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788486066284
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«Aventuras de Gil Blas de Santillana» is the picaresque novel by Alain René Le Sage, published by Libros Angulo (548 pages, in Spanish).
Young Gil Blas leaves his village and travels through Spain in the service of very different masters: doctors, nobles, clergymen and thieves. At every stage he encounters deception, injustice and social advancement, while the author ironically portrays the ambition, corruption and vices of the society of his time.
Facsimile edition from 1984 that brings together the four volumes of the 1792 edition in one volume.
For readers of classic literature interested in the picaresque novel and social satire.
Alain-René Lesage was a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks, his comedy Turcaret (1709), and his picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–1735).
