The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes

The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Translated from The Spanish by Walter K. Kelly

1881

The "Novelas Exemplares" were first published in 1613, three years before the death of Cervantes. They are all original, and have the air of being drawn from his personal experience and observation.

Novelas ejemplares ("Exemplary Novels") is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy, written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1590 and 1612. The collection wa...