This is a fictional autobiography of a street boy’s “apprenticeship” to various cruel and treacherous masters: a blind beggar, a miserly priest, a bankrupt “gentleman.” This comical tale, written in Spain in 1554, is a wickedly artful satire full of extreme perseverance and brazen self-promotion. This book is part of the Leer en español series, Level 3 • Up to 1,000 words.
Lazarillo de Tormes (Libro + CD)
Author: Anonymous (Adaptation)
This is a fictional autobiography of a street boy’s “apprenticeship” to various cruel and treacherous masters: a blind beggar, a miserly priest, a bankrupt “gentleman.” This comical tale, written in Spain in 1554, is a wickedly artful satire full of extreme perseverance and brazen self-promotion.