The Exemplary Novels published in 1613 constitute, according to the same author, the first short stories in Spanish literature. In this volume we include three of the best known. In Rinconete y Cortadillo Cervantes approaches the picaresque genre and shows, with irony and humor, the world of the Sevillian underworld in the 16th century. Byzantine novel, The English Spaniard tells the story of love and adventures of Isabela, kidnapped in CÁdiz at the age of seven and educated in England, and Ricaredo, captured by the Turks. Finally, El Licenciado Vidriera tells the story of a young man who suffers a spell and becomes obsessed with the idea that it is made of glass.