Part 1

The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes, Parts One and Two Translated by Robert Rudder (C)1992

Copyright 1973 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright 1995 by Robert S. Rudder

THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES, HIS FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES AS TOLD BY HIMSELF

Edited and Translated by Robert S. Rudder

With a Sequel by Juan de Luna

Translated by Robert S. Rudder with Carmen Criado de Rodriguez Puertolas

Copyright 1973 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright 1995 by Robert S. Rudder

This translation is for

LISA, PAULA,

and

CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL,

three small picaros.

Contents

Introduction

THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES

Prologue

I Lazaro Tells about His Life and His Parents

II How Lazaro Took up with a Priest and the Things That Happened to Him with That Man

III How Lazaro Took up with a Squire and What Happened to Him Then

IV How Lazaro Went to Work for a Friar of the Order of Mercy and What Happened to Him

V How Lazaro Went to Work for a Pardoner and the Things That Happened to Him Then

VI How Lazaro Went to Work for a Chaplain and What Happened to Him Then

VII How Lazaro Went to Work for a Constable and Then What Happened to Him

VIII In Which Lazaro Tells of the Friendship He Struck up in Toledo with Some Germans and What Happened to Them

THE SECOND PART OF THE LIFE OF LAZARILLO OF TORMES

Letter of Dedication

To The Reader

I Where Lazaro Tells about How He Left Toledo to Go to the War of Algiers