Guzmán de Alfarache (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Mateo Alemán
- First Published: 1599
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque romance
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: Spain and Italy
- Principal Characters: Guzmán de Alfarache, A Muleteer, A Cook, A Captain of soldiers, Don Beltran, A Cardinal, A French Ambassador, Sayavedra, Guzman’s first Wife, Guzman’s second Wife, Soto
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Traveling or travelers, Prisoners, Love or romance, Robbery or robbers, Revenge, Greed, Theft, Sixteenth century, Soldiers, Spain or Spanish people, Begging or beggars, Swindling or swindlers, Pirates, Cardinals
- Locales: Spain, Italy
The Story:
The ancestors of Guzmán de Alfarache lived in Genoa, upstart noblemen who had grown rich in trade. Like others of his family, Guzmán’s father was a dealer on the exchange, resorting even to usury in order to add to his wealth, although he piously heard mass every morning and owned a rosary with beads as large as hazelnuts. His love of money led him into his greatest adventure, for when a partner in Seville became bankrupt and carried away some of the money belonging to Guzmán’s father, the Genoese took ship for Spain in an attempt to recover some of his lost...
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