The novel is written as an , a single long letter from the adult Lázaro to a mysterious figure known only as "Your Grace" ( Vuestra Merced ). Lázaro recounts his life to explain "the case" ( el caso ), a public scandal involving his marriage.

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El Lazarillo de Tormes : A Masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age

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