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Gil Blas

by Alain-René Lesage

A poor youth encounters picaresque adventures as he travels through 17th century Spain.

Themes: Fiction · Adventure

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Gil Blas introduces himself as the son of a retired soldier and a chambermaid, raised by a canon uncle who barely knows Latin. His tone is breezy, self-deprecating, and subtly smug—you can almost hear him wink as he describes his own cleverness. This is a narrator you’ll want to follow.

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