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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes ▾
contents
  1. Introductory
  2. Prologue
  3. I
  4. First Master
  5. Second Master
  6. Third Master
  7. Fourth Master
  8. Fifth Master
  9. Sixth Master
  10. Seventh Master
  11. Sketch Map of the Route from Salamanca to Toledo
  12. Endnotes
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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes

Anonymous, translated by Clements Markham

free · 22,525 words · ~2 h read · first published 1554

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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes by Anonymous, translated by Clements Markham. The text is in the US public domain, from the Standard Ebooks edition. Served from our own copy; read on their site for the full edition with images and typography.

First published in 1554.

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