Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the
appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should
entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's
problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor,
is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the
immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He
found inspiration for his tales in classical and eastern
literatures, Spanish history, and folklore. His stories are not
translations, but are his retelling of some of the best stories in
existence. The translation succeeds in making the author speak as
clearly to the modern reader as to readers of his own time.
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