Home›Satirical and Picaresque Fiction›Setting Country or PlaceBrowse BySetting Country or PlaceFactsSetting Country or PlaceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1554 1Setting Country or PlaceFilter Results2 entriesGenreAllFrame Tale Collection (1)Satire (1)The Novel (1)AuthorAllGeoffrey Chaucer (1)Jerzy Kosiński (1)Composition YearAll1387 (1)1970 (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (2)Country of OriginAllUnited Kingdom (1)United States (1)AudienceAllChildren's (1)General (1)FormAllThe Novel (1)The Short Story (1)Length BandAllNovel (2)Area (sq km)All1572 (1)9,866,632 (1)Climate ZoneAllTemperate (1)Elevation BandAllLowland (1)Founding YearAll47 (1)Government TypeAllRepublic (1)Income GroupAllHigh (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)LandlockedAllNo (1)PopulationAll9,089,736 (1)340,587,000 (1)Time ZoneAllUTC+00:00 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2LondonSetting Country or Place1 entryUnited StatesSetting Country or Place1 entrySources1. 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.