Celestina
Celestina The first European novel, exquisitely translated by Margaret Sayers PedenA timeless story of love, morality, and tragedy, Fernando de Rojas's Celestina is a classic of Spanish literature.…
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Celestina
The first European novel, exquisitely translated by Margaret Sayers PedenA timeless story of love, morality, and tragedy, Fernando de Rojas's Celestina is a classic of Spanish literature. Their unforgettable saga plays out in vibrant exchanges, presented here in a brilliant new translation by award-winning translator Margaret Sayers Peden.After a chance encounter with Melibea entrances Calisto, he enlists the services of Celestina, an aged prostitute, madam, and procuress, to arrange another meeting. Second only to DonQuixote in its cultural importance, Rojas's dramatic dialogue presents the elaborate tale of a star-crossed courtship between the young nobleman Calisto and the beautiful maiden Melibea in fifteenth-century Spain.
She promptly seizes control of the affair, guiding it through a series of mishaps before it meets its tragic end. At