In the English-speaking world, the term "picaresque" is often used loosely to refer to novels that contain some elements of this genre; e.g. an episodic recounting of adventures on the road. The term is also sometimes used to describe works which only contain some of the genre's elements, such as Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605 and 1615), or Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers (1836–1837).
In the English-speaking world the term "picaresque" is often used loosely to refer to novels that contain some elements of this genre; eg an episodic recounting of adventures on the road The term is also sometimes used to describe works which only contain some of the genre's elements such as Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605 and 1615) or Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers (1836–1837)