This is the Dutch-language translation (lang: nl) of Alain René Le Sage’s celebrated picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–1735), one of the great comic novels of European literature. The original is French, but Le Sage set the story in Spain: Gil Blas rises and falls and rises again through a succession of adventures, masters, and misfortunes that satirise every level of society with sustained wit and gleeful energy.
Hugely influential on novelists from Smollett to Dickens, Gil Blas remains a wonderfully entertaining read in any language. Download this free Dutch EPUB and follow the original literary rogue on his improbable and endlessly entertaining journey.