La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades

Synopsis of La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades

«La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades» is the anonymous picaresque novel published by Castalia in paperback (192 pages).

Lázaro, born on the banks of the Tormes, narrates in the first person his childhood as a servant to several masters: a blind man, a clergyman, a squire... From these experiences, the story becomes a satire of sixteenth-century Spain, with irony and criticism of social hypocrisy, honour and anticlericalism.

Edition, introduction and notes by Alberto Blecua. It is number 58 in the Clásicos Castalia collection. The original text was published in 1554.

Suitable for readers approaching Spanish Golden Age literature, with frequent use in schools.