''The Limping Devil'' ( es, El diablo cojuelo) is one of the most popular works by

Luis Vélez de Guevara Luis Vélez de Guevara (born Luis Vélez de Santander) (1 August 1579 – 10 November 1644) was a Spanish dramatist and novelist. He was born at Écija and was of Jewish converso descent.Antonio Dominiguez Ortiz, "Los judeoconversos en España ...

; it is his only novel published in 1641. In 1918 an edition published by

Francisco Rodríguez Marín Francisco Rodríguez Marín (Osuna, January 27, 1855–Madrid, June 9, 1943) was a Spanish poet, paremiologist, and lexicologist. Biography Rodríguez Marín finished his high school in Osuna, and later spent three years at the "Viña de Pago ...

became well known. The story is about a student that takes the devil out of a flask where a magician had locked him. The devil, grateful, shows the student the interior of houses (as if they were toys). This way, they are able to contemplate its inhabitants in their privacy.

English translations

* ''The Limping Devil - El Diablo Cojuelo'' - Bilingual Edition. Stockcero, 2018.

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1641 books 1640s novels Spanish novels Spanish satirical novels Picaresque novels {{17thC-novel-stub

English translations

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