Don Quixote De La Mancha, Vol. 1 by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
An elderly country gentleman, driven mad by obsessive reading of chivalric romances, adopts the persona of a wandering knight and sets off in shabby armor with his practical, earthy squire to revive knight-errantry; their misadventures—most famously attacking windmills he believes to be giants, mistaking inns for castles, and confusing a barber's basin for a legendary helm—mix slapstick and cruelty as they move from one absurd episode to another. The episodic narrative frequently interrupts itself with framed tales and deceptions, and the constant tension between the knight's lofty ideals and the squire's earthy common sense turns comic incidents into a pointed exploration of illusion versus reality, social satire, and the transformative power of storytelling.
- Published
- 1605
- Nationality
- Spanish
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 300-400
- Original Language
- Spanish
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- Alternate Titles
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- Don Quixote
- El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
- The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
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