The competition is determined to have no single winner.

Lisandro avenges Leonida's death in the presence of the main party.Īstor, under the pseudonym Silerio, feigns attraction for Nísida’s sister Blanca in order to avoid the scorn of Nísida’s lover Timbrio, who dies following the confusion present after a successful duel against his rival Pransiles.Īstor’s grief thrusts him into hermitage, waiting to hear from Nísida.Īrsindo holds a poetry competition betwixt Francenio and Lauso, which is judged by Tirsi and Damón, lauded by many within the novel as some of the most famous poets of Spain. Lisandro loses his love, Leonida, when Crisalvo mistakenly kills her instead of his former love Silvia. The vast majority of the characters in the book are involved primarily in minor story lines. The novel opens with her and her best friend, Florisa, bathing, and talking of love.Įrastro and Elicio reveal to each other their desire for Galatea, but agree not to let it come between their friendship.Įventually, all four of them begin their journey to the wedding of Daranio and Silveria, along which, in the pastoral tradition, they encounter other characters who tell their own stories and often join the traveling group. The main characters of the Galatea are Elicio and Erastro, best friends and both in love with Galatea. It enjoyed modest success, but was not soon reprinted its promised sequel was never published.

Under the guise of pastoral characters, it is an examination of love and contains many allusions to contemporary literary figures. La Galatea ( Spanish pronunciation: ) was Miguel de Cervantes’ first book, published in 1585.

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