Ginés de Pasamonte is a fictional character in

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist ...

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Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

''. Ginés first appears as a criminal freed by Don Quixote in the 22nd chapter of the first part of the novel. After his release, he escapes Don Quixote and the guards. He later reappears as Maese Pedro, a

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who claims that he can talk to his monkey, in the 25th and 26th chapters of the second part. He also stole Sancho's donkey, a part that was omitted from the first edition. Prior to his release by Don Quixote, Ginés tells him that he is in the process of writing his autobiography. Don Quixote interrogates this writer about his book; This is the only reference to the popular novel ''

Lazarillo de Tormes ''The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities'' ( ) is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its anticlerical content. It was published simultaneously in three cities in 1554: Alcalá de Henares, Burgos a ...

'' in the main narrative of the book (Lazarillo, specifically an episode in which he uses a straw to steal wine from a blind man, is also mentioned in one of the "commendatory verses" before the narrative), and it acts as a foil for Don Quixote's will to be a literary hero in his own lifetime.

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