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Most relevant books in Spanish Literature

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Spanish literature has been rich and very diverse since its origins.

We are going to speak about the most important characters of Spanish Literature, about the book where these characters appear and about the author of this books.

Exactly, we are speaking about:

- La Celestina

- The life of Lazarillo of Tormes

- The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha

- Don Juan Tenorio

But why these four books?

The characters appearing in these four books has been incorporated to the Spanish vocabulary, recognizing a series of characteristics with a proper name:

  • To be a "Celestina" means to contribbute for two persons to establish a sentimental partner.
  • To work as "Lazarillo" means to guide blind people to help them. It can be used with other people in needs.
  • To be a "Quixote" means to be an idealistic person, who takes to the extreme the fulfillment of the values of such a gentlemen,
  • To be a "Don Juan" means to be a type of man who takes women as a hunting prey. There are three elements that characterizes them: seduction, deception and flight.

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