Galatea by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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"Galatea" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a pastoral romance published in 1585. The story follows two best friends, Elicio and Erastro, who both love the same woman, Galatea, yet vow to preserve their friendship. As they journey to a wedding, they encounter other shepherds and travelers who share their own tales of love, rivalry, and loss. Structured as a vehicle for Cervantes' poetry, the work blends intertwining romantic subplots with verses
in various Spanish and Italian styles, exploring themes of friendship, desire, and the contrasts between rural and urban life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James, 1858-1923 |
| Translator | Oelsner, Herman, 1871- |
| Translator | Welford, A. B. |
| Title | Galatea |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Galatea |
| Credits |
Produced by Andrés V. Galia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Spanish fiction -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Spanish poetry -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 63404 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-63404-3 |
| Release Date | Oct 8, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1002 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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