Published in 1647 these ten tales are among the earliest narratives in Western literature to focus on womens experiences and points of view in love relationships.The Disenchantments of Love published in Spain in 1647 by Mara de Zayas is a stunning collection of stories about womens amorous experiences in a patriarchal and imperialistic society during the turbulent seventeenth century. Now available for the first time in English translation the ten examplary novellas are set within an encompassing frame story that continues from the first collection The Enchantments of Love Amorous and Exemplary Novels published in 1637. Both collections of love stories were immediately popular because of the novelty of their plots and the gender of their author.What is new in the disenchantments is the deliberately feminist purpose stated in the rules for telling stories only women are to narrate true cases intended to disenchant women about mens deceptions pointedly denying men the opportunity to dominate the storytelling.