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The Celestina: A Fifteenth-Century Spanish Novel In Dialogue

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Originally published 1499
Playwright Fernando de Rojas
Original titleComedia de Calisto y Melibea
Original language Spanish
CharactersPármeno
Sempronio
Melibea
Pleberio
Calisto
Alisa
Sosia
Lucrecia
Tristán
Celestina
GenresDrama
Tragicomedy
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Date of Upd.
ID1247849
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About The Celestina: A Fifteenth-Century Spanish Novel In Dialogue


The Comedy of Calisto and Melibea, known in Spain as La Celestina is a work entirely in dialogue published in 1499. It is attributed to Fernando de Rojas, a descendant of converted Jews, who practiced law and, later in life, served as an alderman of Talavera de la Reina, an important commercial center near Toledo.

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