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Baroque Spanish prose, allegory and satire, moral and abstract vocabulary, wordplay and conceits, long periodic sentences
This article contains the full text of El Criticón (1651-1657) by Baltasar Gracián, the allegorical novel in which the shipwrecked Critilo and the wild-born Andrenio travel through the four ages of life. Level B2 suits readers who can follow long, ornate sentences in Spanish and are ready to reread. You will learn Baroque vocabulary, the language of morality and satire, and how conceits and wordplay work.