Novelas ejemplares y amorosas by María de Zayas y Sotomayor
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"Novelas ejemplares y amorosas" by María de Zayas y Sotomayor is a collection of ten novels published in Zaragoza in the 17th century. The stories unfold across five nights in the luxurious home of Lisis, where five women and five men gather to share romantic tales. Zayas weaves supernatural elements, violence, and female desire into narratives that challenge conventions. Rather than ending in happy marriages, these exemplary tales warn women of male
deception and expose society's false appearances. A second collection followed ten years later with darker themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zayas y Sotomayor, María de, 1590-1650 |
|---|---|
| Title | Novelas ejemplares y amorosas |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelas_amorosas_y_ejemplares_y_Desenga%C3%B1os_amorosos |
| Contents | Primera parte: Introducción. Aventurarse perdiendo. La burlada Aminta, y venganza del honor. El castigo de la miseria. El prevenido engañado. La fuerza del amor. El desengañado amado, y premio de la virtud. Al fin se paga todo. El imposible vencido. El juez de su causa. El jardín engañoso -- Segunda parte: Introducción. La esclava de su amante. La más infame venganza. La inocencia castigada. El verdugo de su esposa. Tarde llega el desengaño. Amar solo por vencer. Mal presagio casar lejos. El traidor contra su sangre. La perseguida triunfante. Estragos que causa el vicio. |
| Credits | Ramón Pajares Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 27.8 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Spanish fiction -- Classical period, 1500-1700 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 64465 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-64465-3 |
| Release Date | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 818 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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