Picaresque novel

:For the album by the Decemberists, see Picaresque (album).

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The picaresque novel (Spanish: "picaresco", from "pícaro", for "rogue" or "rascal") is a popular style of novel that originated in Spain and flourished in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and has continued to influence modern literature. The term denotes a subgenre of usually satiric prose fiction and depicts in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.

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Spanish - Novel - Spain - Europe - 17th - 18th centuries - Satiric - Fiction - Hero

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