Quevedo, Francisco de 1580-1645 creator Pennell, Joseph 1857-1926 Watts, Henry Edward 1826-1904 Vierge, Daniel 1851-1904 text utu 2014 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper" by Francisco de Quevedo is a picaresque novel written around 1604 and published in 1626. This satirical tale follows Don Pablos, a swindler who sets out to learn virtue and become a gentleman—but fails miserably at both. Through Pablos's misadventures, Quevedo crafts a biting critique of Spanish society while punishing his protagonist for daring to rise above his lowborn station. Full of wordplay and caricature, the novel chronicles a cascade of linked calamities that ultimately drive Pablos to embrace the life of a rogue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Busc%C3%B3n Release date is 2014-06-28 Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction Spain -- Fiction Picaresque literature, Spanish PQ Original publication data not identified 09001819 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46125 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46125 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134047.0 46125