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Picaresque storytelling, satire and wordplay, thieves’ slang, 17th-century Spanish prose
This article contains the full text of Francisco de Quevedo’s picaresque novel El Buscón (1626) about Pablos, a rogue from Segovia who dreams of becoming a gentleman. Level B2 suits readers who can follow a quick plot in Spanish and are ready for sharp satire and wordplay. You will learn vocabulary of everyday trickery and the language of Golden Age prose.