Geschichte des Zigeunermädchens: Eine Novelle - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Es scheint, daß die Zigeuner und Zigeunerinnen nur auf die Welt kommen, um Spitzbuben zu werden. Sie stammen von Eltern, die Spitzbuben sind, werden mit Spitzbuben erzogen, studieren das Spitzbubenhandwerk und werden endlich Spitzbuben, die auf alle Fälle gemacht und bedacht sind; die Lust am Stehlen und das Stehlen selbst sind gleichsam unabtrennbare Teile ihres Wesens, das sie erst mit dem Tode verlieren.

Miguel de Cervantes was born near Madrid in 1547. He became a soldier in 1570 and was badly wounded in the Battle of Lepanto. Captured by the Turks in 1575, Cervantes spent five years in prison. before he was ransomed and returned home. After less successful earlier efforts, Cervantes finally achieved literary success in his later years, publishing the first part of Don Quixote in 1605. He died in 1616.

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Miguel de Cervantes was born near Madrid in 1547. He became a soldier in 1570 and was badly wounded in the Battle of Lepanto. Captured by the Turks in 1575, Cervantes spent five years in prison. before he was ransomed and returned home. After less successful earlier efforts, Cervantes finally achieved literary success in his later years, publishing the first part of Don Quixote in 1605. He died in 1616.