Don Quixote (Collector's Library)

By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Guillén de Castro, Fernanda de las Cuevas, et al.

Book Overview

.0000000000Don Quixote is a masterpiece of world fiction, a brilliant satire on traditional romances and an uproarious comedy and a prose-epic in a new genre for its time. Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Don Quixote's mount is an old, bedraggled horse named Rocinante on which he travels through sixteenth-century Spain in search of adventure, dedicating his actions of valour to a simple country girl whom he calls Dulcinea, seeing her as his lady. He takes on spirits, evil enchanters and most famously, of course, giants in the form of windmills.Translated by J M Cohen, With an Afterword by Ned Halley.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904919790
• ISBN13: 9781904919797
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Collectors Library
• Length: 1026 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.2" x 1.9" x 3.9"

Customer Reviews

Meh

Ordered a "like new" version, but its certainly been read and annotated, at least through the first 60 pages. Readable, but not ideal.

Top Notch Book Condition

Had to read some of the book for my English class and was one of the more entertaining ones. The font was super small and there were a ton of pages though!

The Great Cervantes And The Great Don Quijote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha =The Greatest Piece Of Literature Ever Written !!End Of Discussion!! Don Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra=The Greatest Writer Who Ever Lived !!End Of Discussion!! Professor Alphonse A. Dattolo

Smollett translation

I have looked at a number of translations of Don Quixote. I don't know why this tranlation is often passed over. It is my favorite by far and I think it stands on its own as a masterpiece. I can't imagine the original language surpassing it.