El celoso extremeno / El casamiento enganoso / El coloquio de los perros

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1613

About the author

Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.

He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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Reviews

[Omar Melchor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es una serie de historias cortas con distintas enseñanzas cada una, en la primera nos habla sobre un hombre que fue pródigo toda su vida pero al llegarle la vejez quiso recuperar el tiempo perdido y en casi todo tuvo éxito menos en la vida conyugal, pues fue tanto su miedo a que su esposa le fuera infiel (pues el león piensa que todos son de su condición) que exagero en la protección de la honra y cómo todo fruto prohibido acabo en cierta forma por sucumbir a manos de alguien tal y como fue el en su juventud.

La segunda historia están relacionadas, sin embargo tienen distintas enseñanzas, la primera en dónde un soldado con el afán de sacar provecho contrae nupcias con una "dama rica" sin embargo tal y como dicen, no todo lo que brilla es oro.

Y finalmente el tercer relato en dónde supuestamente hablan 2 perros, a mi modo de ver nos muestra que la fortuna da reveses muy fuertes en ocasiones y en otras nos sonríe, sin embargo, el hombre fuerte y sensato a todo puede hacer frente y ante nada se empequeñece, pues con perseverancia siempre se alcanza una mejor vida.