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.
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