Home›Satirical and Picaresque Fiction›Length Band›Epic (Over 600 Pages)Browse ByEpic (Over 600 Pages)FactsEpic (Over 600 Pages)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1554 1Epic (Over 600 Pages)Filter Results3 entriesGenreAllSatire (1)The Novel (2)AuthorAllCharles Dickens (1)Henry Fielding (1)William Makepeace Thackeray (1)Composition YearAll1749 (1)1836 (1)1844 (1)1848 (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (3)Country of OriginAllEngland (2)United Kingdom (1)AudienceAllChildren's (2)General (1)FormAllThe Novel (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingEpic (Over 600 Pages)The Pickwick PapersEpic (Over 600 Pages)Vanity FairEpic (Over 600 Pages)Sources1. Picaresque Novel (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Picaresque novel, lead section, Lazarillo de Tormes origin sentenceQuote, Picaresque novel, lead section, Lazarillo de Tormes origin sentenceThe picaresque genre began with the Spanish novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which was published anonymously during the Spanish Golden Age because of its anticlerical content.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.