by Don Juan Manuel · EDICIONES SM · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467591354
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«El conde Lucanor» is the storybook by Don Juan Manuel, published by Ediciones SM in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
El conde Lucanor presents his doubts to Patronio, his adviser, and receives as a response a tale with a moral. The stories deal with love, jealousy, ambition and hypocrisy and reflect fourteenth-century society with nobles, peasants, clergy, kings, Christians and Muslims. Each story closes with a couplet that summarises its lesson.
This edition belongs to the Clásicos collection. Text adapted by Antoni Dalmases and illustrations by Magoz.
Recommended for readers aged 14 to 18, especially students of Spanish literature.
Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
