Chapter XXXIV

ROMANTIC FICTION, CONTINUED.--STORIES IN THE GUSTO PICARESCO.

Their Origin 55
Military Life 56
Contempt for honest Labor 56
Feeling of the lower Classes 57
The Pícaros 58
Lazarillo de Tórmes 58
Mateo Aleman 59
His Guzman de Alfarache 59
Spurious Second Part 61
Genuine Second Part 61
Andreas Perez 66
His Pícara Justina 67
Drama and Short Tales 67
Vicente Espinel 67
His Marcos de Obregon 68
Yañez y Rivera 71
His Alonso 71
Quevedo, Solorzano 72
Enriquez Gomez 73
Estevanillo Gonzalez 74
Success of Pícaro Stories 75