In Book Two the title character becomes a doctor, and later books see him travel to New Spain and marry Antonia.
According to Voltaire, this work was almost entirely based on Marcos de Obregon. This novel begins with an address to the reader by the title character, who tells a story about two students who discover the burial site of the soul of Pedro Garcias. The title character sets out for Salamanca to study but is waylaid by thieves, escapes, and earns the largess of Donna Mencia. In Book Two the title character becomes a doctor, and later books see him travel to New Spain and marry Antonia. Translated into English by Tobias Smollett, FTP, identify this early 18th-century picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage.
According to Voltaire, this work was almost entirely based on Marcos de Obregon.
{Gil Blas}