The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 02: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 02 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 02" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a novel originally published in 1605. A Spanish hidalgo reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a wandering knight. Renaming himself Don Quixote, he recruits a simple farm laborer, Sancho Panza, as his squire. Together they embark on absurd adventures, mistaking windmills for giants and inns for castles, as Don Quixote struggles to see reality through his delusions of knightly glory.

Book and edition facts

• Title: The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 02
• 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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