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Novelas ejemplares

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"Novelas ejemplares" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a collection of twelve short novels published in 1613. Following the Italian novella tradition, these stories blend idealistic romance with gritty realism, featuring tales of kidnapped noblewomen, young rogues joining a criminal underworld, a scholar who believes he's made of glass, and other colorful characters navigating love, honor, and deception. Cervantes claimed to be the first to write such stories in Spanish, calling them "exemplary" for their didactic and moral purpose.

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