The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 12: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 12 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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"The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 12" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is part of a Spanish novel originally published in 1605. The story follows Alonso Quijano, a hidalgo who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and becomes the knight-errant Don Quixote. Recruiting the farm laborer Sancho Panza as his squire, he embarks on delusional adventures, mistaking windmills for giants and inns for castles, determined to revive chivalry in a world that has moved beyond it.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 12
- 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: Humour
- Category: Novels
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