These were the most popular of the novellas at the time. They include: El amante liberal, Las dos doncellas, La española inglesa, La señora Cornelia and La fuerza de la sangre. Those idealized in nature, which are the closest to the Italian models, are characterized by plots dealing with amorous entanglements, by improbable plots, by the presence of idealized characters and psychological development, and the low reflection of reality. The novellas are usually grouped into two series: those characterized by an idealized nature and those of a realistic nature. But these are my own, neither imitated nor stolen from anyone my genius has engendered them, my pen has brought them forth, and they are growing up in the arms of the press. My genius and my inclination prompt me to this kind of writing the more so as I consider (and with truth) that I am the first who has written novels in the Spanish language, though many have hitherto appeared among us, all of them translated from foreign authors. The novelas were well received.Ĭervantes boasted in his foreword to have been the first to write novelas in the Spanish language: Novelas ejemplares followed the publication of the first part of Don Quixote. The series was written by Miguel de Cervantes between 15 and printed in Madrid in 1613 by Juan de la Cuesta. Novelas ejemplares ("Exemplary Novels") is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy. 1613 edition, with the now archaic spelling "exemplares".
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