Lazarillo of Tormes 托姆斯的拉托里罗

THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES, HIS FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES AS TOLD BY HIMSELF 1 Lazarillo of Tormes Edited and Translated by Robert S. Rudder With a Sequel by Juan de Luna Translated by Robert S. Rudder with Carmen Criado de Rodriguez Puertolas 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES, HIS FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES AS TOLD BY HIMSELF 2 INTRODUCTION _Lazarillo of Tormes_ appeared in sixteenth-century Spain like a breath of fresh air among hundreds of insipidly sentimental novels of chivalry. With so many works full of knights who were manly and brave enough to fight any adversary, but prone to become weak in the knees when they saw their fair lady nearby, was it any wonder that Lazarillo, whose only goal was to fill a realistically hungry stomach, should go straight to the hearts of all Spain. The little novel sold enough copies for three different editions to be issued in 1554, and then was quickly translated into several languages. It initiated a new genre of writing called the "picaresque." It seems certain that other editions, or at least other manuscripts, of _Lazarillo_ were circulating previously, ......