Don Quixote: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Don Quixote is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547–1616). The listed translation credits are Ormsby, John (1829–1895).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a Spanish novel published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. Considered the first modern novel, it follows Alonso Quijano, a man who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and reinvents himself as the knight-errant Don Quixote. Accompanied by his earthy squire Sancho Panza, he embarks on misguided adventures, mistaking windmills for giants and inns for castles, determined to revive chivalry in a world that has moved on.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Don Quixote
- Author credits: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547–1616)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Ormsby, John (1829–1895)
Catalogue subjects
- Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction
- Picaresque literature
- Romances
- Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction
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- Best Books Ever Listings
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
- Harvard Classics
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