Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper
by Francisco de Quevedo
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Contents
- Comments on the Drawings of Daniel Urrabieta Vierge. And also a Letter from the Artist
- Quevedo and His Works: With an Essay on the Picaresque Novel
- Chap. I. Giving an Account of Who he is and Whence he Sprung
- Chap. II. How I Went to School, and What Happened to me there
- Chap. III. How I went to a Boarding School in quality of Servant to Don Diego Coronel
- Chap. IV. Of my Convalescence, and Departure for the University of Alcalá de Henares
- Chap. V. Of our entrance into Alcalá, of the Footing we had to pay, and the Tricks they played upon us
- Chap. Vi. Of the wicked old Housekeeper, and the first knavish pranks I played at Alcalá
- Chap. VII. How I received news of my Father’s Death, parted from Don Diego, and what Course of Life I resolved on for the future
- Chap. VIII. My Journey from Alcalá to Segovia, and Happened by the way till I came to Rejas, where I lay that Night
- Chap. IX. Of what Happened to me on the road to Madrid with a Poet
- Chap. X. Of what I did at Madrid, and what Happened to me on my way to Cerecedilla, where I passed the Night
- Chap. Xi. The kind Entertainment I had at my Uncle’s, the Visits I received; how I recovered my Inheritance and returned to Madrid
- Chap. XII. Of my flight from Segovia, with what Happened to me by the Way to Madrid
- Chap. XIII. In which the Gentleman pursues his Journey, and his promised Tale of his Life and Condition
- Chap. I. Of what happened to me at my coming to Madrid as soon as I arrived there, until Nightfall
- Chap. II. In which the same Subject is pursued, with other strange Incidents
- Chap. III. The further Proceedings of this Sharping Gang, till they were thrown all together into Gaol
- Chap. IV. In which the Prison is described and what happened therein, until the old Woman was whipped, my Companions exposed to Shame, and myself let out on Bail
- Chap. V. How I took a Lodging, and the Misfortune that befel me therein
- Chap. Vi. In which the same Adventure is pursued, with various other Incidents
- Chap. VII. In which the Story is continued, with other Incidents and notable Misfortunes
- Chap. VIII. Of my Cure, and other Strange Things
- Chap. IX. In which I turn Player, Poet, and Gallant of Nuns; which Characters are Daintily Painted
- Chap. X. Of what happened to me at Seville, till I took Ship for the Indies