Phrases with «picaresque»

The word "picaresque" refers to a type of story or character that involves a colorful, adventurous, and often dishonest main character who travels through different situations, often encountering social outcasts or low-ranking characters along the way. Full definition

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Sentences with «picaresque»

The paintings exist as a kind of picaresque novel in the way Melville's beautiful collection of stories, The Confidence Man, does. (art21.org)
THC and CBD have a fascinating relationship that's a little like the one between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in Cervantes» picaresque tale. (discovermagazine.com)
By the time the police arrive the migrant workers have piled into one of the trailer homes and hightailed it out of their little arcadia, thus setting off one of the most enchanting, merry, and moving picaresque journeys across the length and breadth of England since Chaucer's pilgrims set off to Canterbury. (bookbrowse.com)
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Phrases with «picaresque»

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