Home›Satirical and Picaresque Fiction›Setting Country or Place›LondonBrowse ByLondonFactsLondonSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1554 1LondonFilter Results1 entryGenreAllFrame Tale Collection (1)AuthorAllGeoffrey Chaucer (1)Composition YearAll1387 (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (1)Country of OriginAllUnited Kingdom (1)AudienceAllChildren's (1)FormAllThe Short Story (1)Length BandAllNovel (1)Show ResultsThe Canterbury TalesLondonSources1. 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.