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Hailed by Dostoyevsky as "The final and greatest utterance of the human mind," Don Quixote constitutes a founding work of modern Western literature. Cervantes' masterpiece has been translated into more than sixty languages, and the novel's fantasy-driven "knight," Don... Read Full Overview

"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... Read Full Overview

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Don Quixote, originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, stands as Cervantes' belated but colossal literary success. A work which has achieved mythic status, it is considered to have pioneered the modern novel. Don Quixote, a poor gentleman from La Mancha, Spain, entranced... Read Full Overview

Con la pluma maestra de Miguel de Cervantes, "Don Quijote de la Mancha" te sumerge en las peripecias de un hidalgo enloquecido que se cree a sí mismo un caballero andante. Armado con su ingenio, lanza y un corazón imperturbable, Don Quijote desafía molinos de viento, convirtiendo... Read Full Overview

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece by Miguel de Cervantes, now available in a deluxe paperback edition.

Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, this celebrated... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

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,... Read Full Overview

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