![]() ![]() Cervantes wrote the prologue himself however barely, noting he almost didn’t write it because his last prologue wasn’t such a huge success. ![]() This is an excerpt from one of Cervantes’ popular works titled the Exemplary Novels. This man you see here, with aquiline face, chestnut hair, smooth, unwrinkled brow, joyful eyes and curved though well-proportioned nose…of middling height, neither tall nor short, fresh-faced, rather fair than dark somewhat stooping and none too light on his feet… ![]() Prologuized Description of Miguel de Cervantes While there has been a wide range of inquiries seeking to unravel Cervantes’ true physical identity, the only thing close enough to recovering it is found in the prologue of the Exemplary Novels where he offered a textual description of himself. Miguel de Cervantes is widely held as the greatest Spanish writer and true literary legend who contributed greatly to the development of prose writing as we know it today, yet his true identity has been a subject in danger of being permanently erased from the annals of history. ![]()
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