Entremeses by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

A lively collection of short comic interludes that stage brisk, farcical scenes exposing human foibles—vanity, hypocrisy, gullibility and social pretension—through sharp dialogue, stock characters and situational irony; the pieces condense social observation into compact theatrical sketches that alternate between coarse comedy and pointed moral reflection, using linguistic inventiveness and playful satire to give empathetic, often scathing portraits of everyday life and manners.

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Published
1615
Nationality
Spanish
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Original Language
Spanish
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Alternate Titles
- Ocho comedias y ocho entremeses

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