Doré's Illustrations for Don Quixote

by Gustave Doré

Book Overview

"His Don Quixote ... from its first to its last page is] a marvel of imagination, poetry, sentiment, and sarcasm. . . . People still speak of it only as 'Dor 's Don Quixote'." -- Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Dor
Dor himself had something of Quixote's chivalry and spent an arduous life drafting impossible dreams; he knew fame as well as pain, disillusionment, and failure. At age 30 he was ready for Quixote and prepared to realize...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486243001
• ISBN13: 9780486243009
• Release Date: July 1982
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 12.0"