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Los Sueños, Volume I

Chapter 1: LOS SUEÑOS I
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A sequence of dreamlike satires presents a parade of grotesque, comic, and bitter scenes that expose social vices, hypocrisy, and human follies. The work strings together episodic visions—mock tribunals, infernal tableaux, and absurd encounters—using sharp irony, moral reflection, and vivid imagery to ridicule institutions, vanity, corruption, and false pieties. Its structure favors short, concentrated sketches over continuous narrative, shifting freely between allegory, caricature, and philosophical asides. The voice alternates caustic invective and mordant humor, aiming to instruct by scorn while entertaining through grotesque invention and rhetorical virtuosity.

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LOS SUEÑOS
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EDICIÓN Y NOTAS DE JULIO CEJADOR Y FRAUCA


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1916