Lazarillo de Tormes

La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

First published AD 1554, written in Spanish

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its anticlerical content. The oldest editions were published in 1554 in four locations: Alcalá de Henares, Burgos, and Medina del Campo in Spain and Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. It is assumed that it is not the original edition of the novella, since scholars believe that a now-lost original may have preceded it. The Alcalá de Henares edition adds some episodes that a second author most likely wrote. Lazarillo de Tormes is the first book establishing the style of the picaresque satirical novel.