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Don Quixote [by] Miguel de Cervantes

The story of the adventurous knight-errant and his squire Sancho Panzo, who set out to right the wrongs of the world.

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  • "Adventures of Don Quixote"@en
  • "Don Quixote"@en
  • "The history of Don Quixote"
  • "Don Quixote de la Mancha"@en
  • "Knight de La Mancha"
  • "Leben und Taten des scharfsinnigen edlen Don Quixote von la Mancha"
  • "唐吉訶德"
  • "Tang ji he de"
  • "Tang ji he de"@en
  • "Life and achievements of Don Quixote de la Mancha"@en
  • "Gulliver's travels"@en
  • "Tang ji ke de"
  • "Don Quuijote"
  • "Captain Cook's voyages"@en

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  • "The story of the adventurous knight-errant and his squire Sancho Panzo, who set out to right the wrongs of the world."@en
  • ""A travesty on knight errantry, full of ludicrous adventure, yet giving a true insight into the life and manners of Spain in the 16th century." Pratt alcove."@en
  • "Contains 2 audio cassettes. Read by Andrew Sachs."
  • "Don Quixote, a lanky scarecrow of a man with his withered face and lantern jaw, dons his rusty armour and mounts his ramshackle steed, Rozinante. With lance couched he still rides through our lives, followed by his potbellied squire Sancho Panza.? With these words, Walter Starkie launches the introduction to his highly esteemed translation and abridgment of Cervantes?s great classic?a book that has enchanted generations of readers throughout the world. Brimming with humor, rich in idealism and earthy common sense, vivid in its characterizations of men and women from every walk of life?nobles, priests, impassioned damsels, simple country girls, rogues, and romantics? Don Quixote , in this zestful translation, will win many new friends."
  • "Brimming with romance and adventure, Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote is considered by many to be the greatest work in the Spanish literary canon. Both humane and humorous, the two volume oeuvre centres on the adventures of the self-styled knight errant Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Quixote's credulous and chubby squire. Together the unlikely pair of heroes bumble their way from one bizarre adventure to another fueled in their quests by Quixote's histrionic world view and Sancho's, who in conjunction with Quixote provides the spark for endlessly bizarre discussions in which Quixote's heightened, insane conception of the world is brought crashing to earth by Sancho's common sense."
  • "Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers. On his 'heroic' journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute Maritornes, who is commended for her Christian charity, to the Knight of the Green Coat, who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue."@en
  • "Brimming with romance and adventure, Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote is considered by many to be the greatest work in the Spanish literary canon. Both humane and humorous, the two volume oeuvre centres on the adventures of the self-styled knight errant Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Quixote's credulous and chubby squire. Together the unlikely pair of heroes bumble their way from one bizarre adventure to another fueled in their quests by Quixote's histrionic world view and ..."@en
  • ""Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera. "And yet, in our memory, what character is more alive?" Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator.The debt owed to Cervantes by literature is immense. From Milan Kundera: "Cervantes is the founder of the Modern Era. . . . The novelist need answer to no one but Cervantes." Lionel Trilling observed: "It can be said that all prose fiction is a variation on the theme of Don Quixote." Vladmir Nabokov wrote: "Don Quixote is greater today than he was in Cervantes's womb. (He) looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through (his) sheer vitality. . . . He stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon." And V. S. Pritchett observed: "Don Quixote begins as a province, turns into Spain, and ends as a universe. . . . The true spell of Cervantes is that he is a natural magician in pure story-telling.""@en
  • "Published in two volumes, but complete here, a decade apart, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. In one such list, Don Quixote was cited as the ""best literary work ever written."""@en
  • "Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. After a first failed adventure, he sets out on a second one with a somewhat befuddled laborer named Sancho Panza, whom he has persuaded to accompany him as his faithful squire. In return for Sanchoʹs services, Don Quixote promises to make Sancho the wealthy governor of an isle. On his horse, Rocinante, a barn nag well past his prime, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain in search of glory and grand adventure. He gives up food, shelter, and comfort, all in the name of a peasant woman, Dulcinea del Toboso, whom he envisions as a princess."
  • "Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the."@en
  • "It's the classic adventure of a madman: the "renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha." He attacks windmills, believes a peasant girl to be a lady, and fancies that he is a knight-errant, dedicated to righting wrongs and rescuing damsels in distress."@en
  • "Although published nearly 400 years ago in Spanish, this parody of the chivalrous life remains amazingly familiar in translation today-perhaps from the extensive influence it has played on novelists, playwrights and even composers over the centuries, or perhaps from its eternal story of the childlike and comic view of a decayed world by a madman stuck in a golden past."
  • "An illustrated retelling of the exploits of an idealistic Spanish country gentleman and his shrewd squire who set out, as knights of old, to search for adventure, right wrongs, and punish evil."@en
  • "An illustrated retelling of the exploits of an idealistic Spanish country gentleman and his shrewd squire who set out, as knights of old, to search for adventure, right wrongs, and punish evil."
  • ""Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece."--Jacket."@en
  • "Presents the classic early 17th century Spanish novel of chivalry and abiding optimism, depicting the exploits of a knight who attempts to bring justice and truth to the world."
  • "Alonso Quixano, a middle-aged gentleman fro La Mancha, Spain, loves books about knighthood and chivalry. He loves his books so much that he cannot separate them from reality. In his boyhood, this was no problem: he could play at killing giants and magicians until called to bed. But now, at the end of his life, he still clings to the old stories that his books tell him; he believes that they offer him one last change at glory."@en
  • ""I find Montgomery's Don Quixote lively, beautiful, and compelling."--David Lee Garrison, Professor of Spanish, Wright State University James H. Montgomery is a retired university librarian living in Austin, Texas. David Quint is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature and English, Yale University."@en
  • "Literature GuidesCreated by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster.Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides:chapter-by-chapter analysisexplanations of key themes, motifs, and symbolsa review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers."@en
  • "Brimming with humor, rich in idealism and earthy common sense, vivid in its characterizations of men and women from every walk of life, nobles, priests, impassioned damsels, simple country girls, rogues, and romantics, Don Quixote, in this zestful translation, will win many new friends. This is an abridged version of the adventures of an eccentric country gentleman and his faithful companion who set out as knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil."
  • "Complete and unabridged, Don Quixote is the epic tale of the man from La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Their picaresque adventures in the world of seventeenth-century Spain form the basis of one of the great treasures of Western literature. In a new translation that 'comes closest, among the modern translations, to the simple, intimate, direct style that characterizes Cervantes' narrative,'* Don Quixote is a novel that is both immortal satire of an outdated chivalric code and a biting portrayal of an age in which nobility was a form of madness. *John J. Allen, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, University of Kentucky and Past President of the Cervantes Society of America."@en
  • "The epic tale of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil in sixteenth-century Spain."@en
  • "Retells Cervantes' story of the adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil."@en
  • "Retells Cervantes' story of the adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil."
  • "Cervantes'' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant have found its way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction, the ''books of chivalry'', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature."@en
  • "Miguel de Cervantes began to write this literary classic after serving in the Spanish militia, surviving a gunshot wound, being captured by Barbary pirates, forced into slavery, and being ransomed by his parents. He knows intimately the joys and tragedies of life, love, and loss, and his literary masterpiece is considered one of the most influential works of literature. Don Quixote was first published in two separate volumes, in 1605 and 1615, but this timeless account has survived and thrived for more than 400 years, and is brought to you in one complete volume."@en
  • "This title chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read this title."@en
  • "Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. The story follows the idealistic, insane knight and the devoted, down to earth squire to portray many complex themes through a plethora of unforgettable incidents, tragic and comic, in a blend of great variety and colour. The book is unsurpassed as a masterpiece of droll humour, a scintillating portrait of 16th century Spanish society made all the more beautiful by the fantastic prose style."@en
  • "Sparknotes are written by Harvard students for students. Each volume covers and/or includes; context, plot, overview, characters, themes, motifs, symbols, summary and analysis, key facts, study questions, essay topics, and reviews and resources."
  • "Graphic novel adaptation of the exploits of an idealistic Spanish country gentleman and his shrewd squire who set out, as knights of old, to search for adventure, right wrongs, and punish evil."
  • "Alonso Quijano, a lean, less-than-affluent man of 50, lives modestly in a village in La Mancha with his niece and housemaid. An avid reader, he gradually becomes obsessed with books of chivalry and sells off acres of his farmland to expand his book collection. Eventually, "from little sleep and too much reading", his brain "dries up" and he loses his wits. He decides to "turn knight-errant and travel through the world with horse and armour in search of adventures" with the purpose of "redressing all manner of wrongs". Outfitting himself in rusty armour and a cardboard helmet, Quijano mounts his old nag and sets out in search of adventures, dubbing himself "Don Quixote de La Mancha" and his horse - "Rosinante". Finally, as the last step in his transformation to knight-errant, he chooses a local farm girl, whom he renames Dulcinea del Toboso, as the fair lady to whose service he is sworn. The landlord of an inn, believing Quijano to be the lord of a castle, consents to knight him, and the transformation is complete."@en

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  • "Adventure stories"@en
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  • "Picaresque literature"
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  • "Don Quixote [by] Miguel de Cervantes"@en
  • "Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes"
  • "The adventures of Don Quixote : retold for the children"
  • "Historia del famoso cavallero, Don Quixote de la Mancha. Por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra"
  • "Don Quixote = Dun Kikhote"
  • "Don Quixote : in two volumes"
  • "Don Quixote [vol. 2, Copy 1]"@en
  • "The history and adventures of the renowned Don Quixote"@en
  • "Don quixote"@en
  • "Don quixote"
  • "Don Quixote [Auszüge]"
  • "Don Quixote de la Mancha"@en
  • "Don Quixote in two volumes"
  • "Don Quixote [vol. 1, Copy 1]"
  • "Don Quixote ... Retold by Edith Robarts, etc. [With plates.]"@en
  • "Don Quixote of la Mancha"
  • "Don quixote, unabridged"@en
  • "Don Quixote.[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]"
  • "Don Quixote. [A children's story book. With illustrations.]"@en
  • "Don Quixote [Programmheft]"
  • "The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha. (Introduction by J.G. Lockhart.)"@en
  • "Don Quixote"
  • "Don Quixote"@en
  • "Don Quixote"@da
  • "Don Quixote"@es
  • "Don Quixote [2 Bde]"
  • "Don Quixote / Miguel de Saavedra Cervantes; Transl. from the spanish by P. J. Motteux; With an introduction by A. J. Close"
  • "The history of Don Quixote de La Mancha"@en
  • "<&gt"@en
  • "Don Quixote : Ozell's revision of the transl. of Peter Motteux ; introd. by Herschel Brickell"
  • "Don Quixote. Introduction by L.B. Walton"@en
  • "The adventures of Don Quixote, de la Mancha, knight of the sorrowful countenance, and his humourous squire, Sancho Pancha : with the particulars of his numerous challenges, battles, wounds, courtships, enchantments, feats of chivalry, &c. &c. &c"@en
  • "Don Quijote"
  • "Don Quixote the Complete Version"@en
  • "Don Quixote : [novel]"
  • "Don Quixote. [With coloured illustrations by Félix Torioux.]"@en
  • "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha"
  • "DON QUIXOTE"
  • "Don Quixote. [With illustrations.]"@en
  • "Don Quixote = 堂吉诃德"
  • "Don Quixote : [Programmheft]"
  • "Don Quixote / a new translation"@en
  • "Don Quixote = Ton Kʻihotʻe"@en
  • "Don Quixote ; [Hamlet und Don Quixote... von Iwan Turgeniew]"
  • "Don Quixote = Ton Kíhooté"@en

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