Works
- El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (1605): First volume of Don Quixote.
- Novelas ejemplares (1613): a collection of twelve short stories of varied types about the social, political, and historical problems of Cervantes' Spain:
- "La Gitanilla" ("The Gypsy Girl")
- "El Amante Liberal" ("The Generous Lover")
- "Rinconete y Cortadillo" ("Rinconete & Cortadillo")
- "La Española Inglesa" ("The English Spanish Lady")
- "El Licenciado Vidriera" ("The Lawyer of Glass")
- "La Fuerza de la Sangre" ("The Power of Blood")
- "El Celoso Extremeño" ("The Jealous Man From Extremadura")
- "La Ilustre Fregona" ("The Illustrious Kitchen-Maid")
- "Novela de las Dos Doncellas" ("The Novel of the Two Damsels")
- "Novela de la Señora Cornelia" ("The Novel of Lady Cornelia")
- "Novela del Casamiento Engañoso" ("The Novel of the Deceitful Marriage")
- "El Coloquio de los Perros" ("The Dialogue of the Dogs")
- Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (1615): Second volume of Don Quixote.
- Los Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda (1617). Persiles, as it is commonly known, is the best evidence not only of the survival of Byzantine novel themes but also of the survival of forms and ideas of the Spanish novel of the second Renaissance. In this work, published after the author's death, Cervantes relates the ideal love and unbelievable vicissitudes of a couple, who, starting from the Arctic regions, arrive in Rome, where they find a happy ending to their complicated adventure.
- La Galatea, the pastoral romance, which Cervantes wrote in his youth, is an imitation of the Diana of Jorge de Montemayor and bears an even closer resemblance to Gil Polo's continuation of that romance. Next to Don Quixote and the Novelas Ejemplares, it is particularly worthy of attention, as it manifests in a striking way the poetic direction in which the genius of Cervantes moved even at an early period of life.
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