Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Jan 1856 · George Routledge and Sons
3.7star
4.25K reviews
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605
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This legendary tale by Miguel de Cervantes is Spain's greatest novel. The story gets underway when aging and deluded nobleman Alonso Quijano adopts the identity of wandering knight Don Quixote and sets out to perform chivalrous duties across the Spanish countryside, joined by his wizened horse, Rocinante, and dutiful "squire," Sancho Panza. Don Quixote's antics inevitably lead to considerable trouble, with Cervantes providing witty social commentary, often in the form of Sancho's unrefined observations. With its mix of humor and philosophy and the central theme of fantasy versus reality, the book is an undisputed masterpiece of world literature.
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Joe Wilsey
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May 6, 2014
If you are willing to take a long adventure, and you don't mind translation errors, I would recommend this to you.I found laugh out loud moments, I was sneering at the adversaries, and I wanted Don Quixote to never end. I had trouble in the beginning working through the numerous errors from the scanning process and quirks with translations, problems in this version only, I believe. Cervantes has delivered an incredible work which can keep you entrapped for hours.
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Malachi Smith
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September 15, 2014
I hate this book.its just talking about some guy that lost his mind and thinks hes a knight, and thinks hes fighting giants when he was actually fighting a wind mill.
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A Google user
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February 24, 2012
I know it's free and all, but it makes me mad when I read the very first sentence of the book and it's not transliterated exactly how it is in the original text. "down m a village..." Should be "down IN a village...". I don't even want to read the rest if the book. What else might be incorrect?! *sigh*
About the author
The most revered writer in Spanish literature, Miguel de Cervantes ensured his lasting legacy with the publication of Don Quixote in the early 17th century. A former soldier, Cervantes struggled to find an audience and didn't receive widespread recognition until he was in his 50s. The first part of Don Quixote, with its satirical charm, opened doors for Cervantes in opportunity and imagination, and he eventually revisited his most famous work shortly before his death.
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