Lazarillo de Tormes

Summary

Lázaro is a boy of humble origins from Salamanca. After his stepfather is accused of thievery, his mother asks a wily blind beggar to take on Lazarillo (little Lázaro) as his apprentice. Lázaro develops his cunning while serving the blind beggar and several other masters, while also learning to take on his father's practice.

Table of contents:

  • Prologue
  • Chapter* 1: childhood and apprenticeship to a blind man.
  • Chapter* 2: serving a priest.
  • Chapter* 3: serving a squire.
  • Chapter* 4: serving a friar.
  • Chapter* 5: serving a pardoner.
  • Chapter* 6: serving a chaplain.
  • Chapter* 7: serving a pardoner and an archpriest.

*(or treatise)


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