Francisco de Quevedo · 1626
23 chapters · 49,854 words
Giving an Account of Who He Is and Whence He Sprung
How I Went to School, and What Happened to Me There
How I Went to a Boarding School in Quality of Servant to Don Diego Coronel
Of My Convalescence, and Departure for the University of Alcalá de Henares
Of Our Entrance into Alcalá, of the Footing We Had to Pay, and the Tricks They Played upon Us
Of the Wicked Old Housekeeper, and the First Knavish Pranks I Played at Alcalá
How I Received News of My Father's Death, Parted from Don Diego, and What Course of Life I Resolved on for the Future
My Journey from Alcalá to Segovia, and What Happened by the Way till I Came to Rejas, Where I Lay That Night
Of What Happened to Me on the Road to Madrid with a Poet
Of What I Did at Madrid, and What Happened to Me on My Way to Cerecedilla, Where I Passed the Night
The Kind Entertainment I Had at My Uncle's, the Visits I Received; How I Recovered My Inheritance and Returned to Madrid
Of My Flight from Segovia, with What Happened to Me by the Way to Madrid
In Which the Gentleman Pursues His Journey, and His Promised Tale of His Life and Condition
Of What Happened to Me at My Coming to Madrid as Soon as I Arrived There, until Nightfall
In Which the Same Subject Is Pursued, with Other Strange Incidents
The Further Proceedings of This Sharping Gang, till They Were Thrown All Together into Gaol
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
How I Took a Lodging, and the Misfortune That Befell Me Therein
In Which the Story Is Continued, with Other Incidents and Notable Misfortunes
Of My Cure and Other Strange Things
In Which I Turn Player, Poet, and Gallant of Nuns; Which Characters Are Daintily Painted
Of What Happened to Me at Seville, till I Took Ship for the Indies