Exemplary Stories - Oxford World's Classics Author:Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Lesley Lipson More popular in their day than Don Quxixote, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories (1613) surprise, challenge and delight. Ranging from the picaresque to the satirical, the Exemplary Stories defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature through a combinaton of comic irony, moral ambiguity, realism, and sheer mirth. This new translation captures ... more »the full vigour of Cervantes's wit and makes available two rarely printed gems, "The Illustrious Kitchen Maid" and "The Power of Blood."« less