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Exemplary Novels

Published in 1613, it is a collection of twelve short stories of varied types about the social, political, and historical problems existing in Spain at the time:

La Gitanilla (The Gypsy Girl)
El Amante Liberal (The Generous Lover)
Rinconete y Cortadillo
La Española Inglesa (The English Spanish Lady)
El Licenciado Vidriera (The Glass Vidriera)
La Fuerza de la Sangre (The Power of Blood)
El Celoso Extremeño (The Jealous Old Man From Extremadura)
La Ilustre Fregona (The Illustrious Kitchen-Maid)
Novela de las Dos Doncellas (The Two Damsels)
Novela de la Señora Cornelia (Lady Cornelia)
Novela del Casamiento Engañoso (The Deceitful Marriage)
El Diálogo de los Perros (The Dialogue of the Dogs)

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Works of Cervantes

La Galatea (1585)
Don Quixote - El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha I (1605)
Exemplary Novels - Novelas ejemplares (1613).
The Labors of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story - Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda, historia septentrional, (published posthumously, 1617).

You can read more about Cervantes as well as his most famous novel Don Quixote here.