# Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper by Francisco de Quevedo.

- [Quevedo and His Works](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/quevedo-and-his-works.md): This chapter provides an extensive critical introduction to Francisco de Quevedo and his picaresque novel 'Paul the Sharper' (Don Pablo de Segovia). It discusses the nature of the picaresque genre, the character of the p
- [Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/pablo-de-segovia-the-spanish-sharper.md): The chapter introduces the protagonist, Pablo de Segovia, and his family background, including his father's profession as a barber and thief, and his mother's dubious lineage. It sets the stage for Pablo's early life and
- [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/book-i.md): The first book introduces the protagonist Pablo de Segovia, recounting his birth and family background. His father is a barber-thief, his mother a witch and procuress, and his brother dies in prison. Pablo is sent to sch
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/i.md): Pablo introduces his family background: his father Clemente Pablo, a barber and thief, and his mother Aldonza Saturno de Rebollo, a suspected witch and procuress. He recounts their criminal exploits, his father's impriso
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/ii.md): Pablo recounts his early school days, his friendship with Don Diego Coronel, and a series of misadventures including a humiliating fall into a sewer during a Shrovetide festival, a confrontation with a counselor, and his

> 23 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se_440kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [My journey from Alcalá to Segovia, and what happened by the way till I came to Rejas, where I lay that night.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Proclamation Against Poets and the Journey to Cerecedilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Of my flight from Segovia, with what happened to me by the way to Madrid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/book-ii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [How I took a lodging, and the misfortune that befell me therein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X: Of what happened to me at Seville, till I took ship for the Indies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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