OBRAS SELECTAS

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Includes Entremeses, La Galatea, and Novelas ejemplares.

Genres: Classics, Spanish Literature

682 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.

He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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Reviews

[Libros Raquel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Teniendo en cuenta cuando fueron escritas y los temas que toca, ciertamente Cervantes era un genio. Entre líneas se dislumbra realmente lo que pensaba de la sociedad en la que le había tocado vivir.

Si queréis introduciros a Cervantes, antes de leerlos "Don Quijote de la Mancha", es una buena forma de hacerlo. No obstante, no os las leáis seguidas. Yo lo hice y al final se te hace bola. Es mejor degustarlas poco a poco, leer una al mes. Algunos temas son repetitivos.

[Ini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tengo una edición diferente a la que muestra la imagen, que contiene lo siguiente:
Rinconete y Cortadillo
La fuerza de la sangre
El celoso extremeño
Mantrimonio engañoso
El coloquio de los perros

[Doron Yam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great Collection of short stories that were written about 300 years ago.
It's a different time now but the lessons that can be learned from these stories are timeless.