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Collection EDEBÉ CLASSICS

LA DAMA BOBA Y EL PERRO DEL HORTELANO

Foreword, introduction and notes by Dr. Rosa Navarro Durán, lecturer in Golden Age Spanish Literature at the Universidad de Barcelona.

La dama boba by Lope de Vega (given various titles in English including The Lady Simpleton, The Lady Boba: a Woman of Little Sense, 'Lady Nitwit, The Lady-Fool) is a 1613 comedy. It is one of the earliest examples of the "comedia palatina" subgenre.


The Dog in the Manger or The Gardener's Dog by Lope de Vega is a 1618 play. Its title refers to the proverb of the dog in the manger, it is an adaptation of a Spanish version of the story which deals with the emotional complications of class conflict. The haughty countess Diana rejects her many aristocratic suitors and falls in love with her handsome young secretary, Teodoro, who is the lover of her maid. Unwilling to let the couple marry, she is also unwilling to marry him herself.
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ISBN: 978-84-683-3608-4
Code: 127990
Publication date: 03/09/2018
512 pages
Size: 14.0cm x 21.0cm. Paperback
Cover price: 12.70