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of or relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of episodic adventures. It originated in Spain in the 16th century

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No references found	This was the famous picaresque novel, 'Lazarillo de Tormes,' by Hurtado de Mendoza, whose name then so familiarized itself to my fondness that now as I write it I feel as if it were that of an old personal friend whom I had known in the flesh. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context He must have acquired experiences which would form abundant material for a picaresque novel of modern Paris, but he remained aloof, and judging from his conversation there was nothing in those years that had made a particular impression on him. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context They belonged mostly to that class of realistic fiction which is called picaresque, from the Spanish word 'picaro,' a rogue, because it began in Spain with the 'Lazarillo de Tormes' of Diego de Mendoza, in 1553, and because its heroes are knavish serving-boys or similar characters whose unprincipled tricks and exploits formed the substance of the stories. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context	Pibel Lake State Recreation Area pibroch PIC PIC BASIC PIC code Pic du Midi d'Ossau Pic du Midi Observatory pica Picabia Picabia, Francis Picacho Peak State Park Picacho State Recreation Area picador Picard Picard method Picard's big theorem Picard's first theorem Picard's little theorem Picard's second theorem Picard, Edmond Picard, Emile Picard, Émile Picard, Jean Picardy Picarel picaresque picaresque novel Picasa Picasso Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Pablo Ruiz Y Picatinny test picayune Piccadilly Piccard Piccard, Auguste Piccard, Jean Felix Piccinni, Niccolò Piccinni, Niccolo Vincenzo Piccinni, Niccolò Vincenzo Piccirilli Piccolo Piccolo Teatro Piccolomini, Enea Silvio de' Piccolomini, Ottavio Piche evaporimeter Pichegru, Charles Picheta, Vladimir Picheta, Vladimir Ivanovich pichiciago Pichincha	PICAR PICAR PICAR PICAR PICAR picara picaras Picard Picard Picard Picard method Picard theorem Picard's big theorem Picard's first theorem Picard's Little Theorem Picard's second theorem Picard, Edmond Picard, Emile Picard, Émile Picard, Jean Picardie Picardie Picardilly Circus Picards Picards Picardy Picardy Picardy Shepherd Picardy third Picarel picaresque Picaresque literature Picaresque novel Picaresque novel Picaresque novels Picariae Picarian picaro picaro picaroon picarooned picarooning picaroons picaros Picas Picas Picas Picas Picas Picasa Picasa 2 Picasa 3.0 Picasa Web Albums Picasa Web Albums Picasa Webalbum Integrator Picasa2 Picasaweb Picaso Picaso Picassa Picasso

This was the famous picaresque novel, 'Lazarillo de Tormes,' by Hurtado de Mendoza, whose name then so familiarized itself to my fondness that now as I write it I feel as if it were that of an old personal friend whom I had known in the flesh.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

He must have acquired experiences which would form abundant material for a picaresque novel of modern Paris, but he remained aloof, and judging from his conversation there was nothing in those years that had made a particular impression on him.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

They belonged mostly to that class of realistic fiction which is called picaresque, from the Spanish word 'picaro,' a rogue, because it began in Spain with the 'Lazarillo de Tormes' of Diego de Mendoza, in 1553, and because its heroes are knavish serving-boys or similar characters whose unprincipled tricks and exploits formed the substance of the stories.

A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context

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