The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its anticlerical content. The oldest editions were published in 1554 in four
Lazarillo de Tormes and his blind master by Théodule Ribot (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Alcalá de Henares, Salcedo
Antwerp, Martín Nucio (Martinus Nutius)
Ginés de Pasamonte is a fictional character in Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote.
Lazarillo de Tormes
…half-brother, though their characterization is based on stereotypes of the period. In his book Don Quixote, Cervantes introduces a gypsy thief called Ginés de Pasamonte who claims to be a writer (and who later in Part II masquerades as a puppeteer while on the run). Don Quixote interrogates this writer about his book…
Don Quijote, Luis Tasso, Dígame vuesa merced, señor adivino, ¿qué pexe pillamo? ¿qué ha de ser de nosotros?... Maese Pedro