First published in 1992, this prestigious collection of all twelve Novelas ejemplares is now available in a single volume edition, with updated introductions, translations and a new bibliography. Each story has an individual introduction, the original Spanish text with facing English translation and notes. Barry Ife's authoritative General Introduction giving the general characteristics of Cervantes's fiction, specific issues raised by the Exemplary Novels as a collection, Cervantes's interest in the mixing of genre and in the virtuoso aspects of storytelling is re-written and expanded for this new edition, which remains the only complete edition of the Novelas available in English.