The ‘Exemplary Novels’ Cervantes Invents the Spanish Novela

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There are few books that influenced literary history. The “Exemplary Novels” by Miguel de Cervantes (author of the well-known “Don Quixote”) is one of them. Published in 1613, this collection of 12 short tales was the first example of the Spanish “novela” form. At the time, similar collections appeared in Spain but these were usually translations […]

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