The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 01: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 01 is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547–1616). The listed translation credits are Ormsby, John (1829–1895).

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"The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 01" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a Spanish novel published in 1605. A minor nobleman loses his sanity from reading too many chivalric romances and decides to become a knight-errant. Renaming himself Don Quixote, he sets out to revive chivalry, recruiting a simple farm laborer, Sancho Panza, as his squire. Together they embark on adventures where Don Quixote sees castles in inns and giants in windmills, unable to distinguish fantasy from reality in this founding work of Western literature.

Book and edition facts

• Title: The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 01
• 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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• Category: Classics of Literature
• Category: Novels

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