by Fernando de Rojas · Edimat Libros · tapa dura · ISBN 9788484034551
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«La Celestina» is the dialogic novel by Fernando de Rojas, published by Edimat Libros in hardcover (269 pages, in Spanish).
It tells the story of the love between Calisto and Melibea and the role of the go-between Celestina, who resorts to deceit to bring the young people together. The dialogue between the characters offers an ironic and critical view of the society of the time, marked by passion, greed and honor.
Edition from the Clásicos selección collection, with introduction and notes by Juan Alarcón Benito. Its original title is Comedia o Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, first published in 1499.
Fernando de Rojas was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina, first published in 1499. It is variously considered "the last work of the Spanish Middle Ages or the first work of the Spanish Renaissance".
