La ilustre fregona (The Illustrious Kitchen Maid or The Illustrious Scullery-maid) is a novella by Miguel de Cervantes, published in the collection Novelas ejemplares. It tells the story of two wealthy young men who fall in love with a kitchen maid in Toledo. The story contains mistaken identities, ironic comments and genre traits of the picaresque novel and pastoral romance.[1][2]

It was the basis for the 1928 Spanish film La ilustre fregona, directed by Armando Pou.[2]

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  1. ↑ Walters, D. Gareth (2005). "Performances of Pastoral in La isustre fregona: Games within the Game". In Boyd, Stephen F. (ed.). A Companion to Cervantes's Novelas Ejemplares. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY: Tamesis. p. 207. ISBN 1855661187.
  2. 1 2 "Miguel de Cervantes – La Ilustre Fregona". AlohaCriticón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-10-19.
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