Zgode Gila Blasa Santillanskoga 1-2
Gil Blas is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular, and was translated several times into English, most notably by Tobias Smollett in 1748 as The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.
Gil Blas is born in misery to a stablehand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at the age of seventeen to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail.
Original title
L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Translation
Ivo Hergešić
Dimensions
20.5 x 15 cm
The book consists of two volumes.
Pages total
380
Publisher
Naprijed, Zagreb, 1959.
Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
Language: Croatian.
No copies available
The last copy was sold recently.
