El conde Lucanor by Infante of Castile Juan Manuel
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"El conde Lucanor" by Infante of Castile Juan Manuel is a narrative work written between 1331 and 1335. This medieval Spanish classic presents fifty-one moral tales drawn from diverse sources including Aesop, Arabic traditions, and stories with roots in Hindu and Japanese folklore. Each tale follows a frame structure: Count Lucanor poses a dilemma to his wise counselor Patronio, who responds with an instructive story offering guidance. The tales conclude with verses
that distill their moral lessons, creating a timeless collection of wisdom and counsel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Juan Manuel, Infante of Castile, 1282-1347 |
|---|---|
| Title | El conde Lucanor |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Count_Lucanor Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_conde_Lucanor |
| 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/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 52.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Tales, Medieval |
| Subject | Spanish literature |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 65738 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 798 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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