Lazarillo was the one who officially started the picaresque novel genre, which was a huge success throughout the XVII century. Although is very common to include the Lazarillo of Tormes in the picaresque genre, the first literary character called “picaro”
The fact that the book had three editions printed within its first year already indicates what a great commercial success it was. In Amberes, 1555, a second part was published; this time, Lázaro transforms into a fish temporarily, and he
The interest created by love as a literary topic produced a whole novelistic tendency marked by The Celestine. However, the best-known novel of the XVI century was The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities, published