Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes, Parts One and Two Translated by Robert Rudder (C)1992 Copyright 1973 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright 1995 by Robert S. Rudder THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES, HIS FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES AS TOLD BY HIMSELF Edited and Translated by Robert S. Rudder With a Sequel by Juan de Luna Translated by Robert S. Rudder with Carmen Criado de Rodriguez Puertolas Copyright 1973 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright 1995 by Robert S. Rudder This translation is for LISA, PAULA, and CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL, three small picaros. Contents Introduction THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES Prologue I Lazaro Tells about His Life and His Parents II How Lazaro Took up with a Priest and the Things That Happened to Him with That Man III How Lazaro Took up with a Squire and What Happened to Him Then IV How Lazaro Went to Work for a Friar of the Order of Mercy and What Happened to Him V How Lazaro Went to Work for a Pardoner and the Things That Happened to Him Then VI How Lazaro Went to Work for a Chaplain and What Happened to Him Then VII How Lazaro Went to Work for a Constable and Then What Happened to Him VIII In Which Lazaro Tells of the Friendship He Struck up in Toledo with Some Germans and What Happened to Them THE SECOND PART OF THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES Letter of Dedication To The Reader I Where Lazaro Tells about How He Left Toledo to Go to the War of Algiers II How Lazaro Embarked at Cartagena III How Lazaro Escaped from the Sea IV How They Took Lazaro through Spain V How They Took Lazaro to the Capital VI How They Took Lazaro to Toledo VII What Happened to Lazaro on the Way to the Tagus River VIII How Lazaro Brought a Lawsuit against His Wife IX How Lazaro Became a Baggage Carrier X What Happened to Lazaro with an Old Bawd XI How Lazaro Left for His Homeland and What Happened to Him on the Way XII What Happened to Lazaro in an Inn Three Miles outside of Valladolid XIII How Lazaro Was a Squire for Seven Women at One Time XIV Where Lazaro Tells What Happened to Him at a Dinner XV How Lazaro Became a Hermit XVI How Lazaro Decided to Marry Again Bibliography INTRODUCTION _Lazarillo of Tormes_ appeared in sixteenth-century Spain like a breath of fresh air among hundreds of insipidly sentimental novels of chivalry. With so many works full of knights who were manly and brave enough to fight any adversary, but prone to become weak in the knees when they saw their fair lady nearby, was it any wonder that Lazarillo, whose only goal was to fill a realistically hungry stomach, should go straight to the hearts of all Spain. The little novel sold enough copies for three different editions to be issued in 1554, and then was quickly translated into several languages. It initiated a new genre of writing called the "picaresque."