Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
This classic novel follows the adventures of a man who, driven mad by reading too many chivalric romances, decides to become a knight-errant and roam the world righting wrongs under the name Don Quixote. Accompanied by his loyal squire, Sancho Panza, he battles windmills he believes to be giants and champions the virtuous lady Dulcinea, who is in reality a simple peasant girl. The book is a richly layered critique of the popular literature of Cervantes' time and a profound exploration of reality and illusion, madness and sanity.
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- Published
- 1605
- Nationality
- Spanish
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 800-1000
- Original Language
- Spanish
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- Alternate Titles
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- Den Snillrike Riddaren Don Quijote Av La Mancha
- Dom Quixote
- Dom Quixote De La Mancha
- Don Quichotte
- Don Quijote
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- 1st on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 1st on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
- 1st on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 1st on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 1st on Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
- 2nd on Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- 3rd on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
- 3rd on 100 Books of Classical and Modern Foreign Literature (The Union of Russian Writers)
- 3rd on Six Professors from "Esteemed" Universities Favorite Books (Democrat and Chronicle (Newspaper))
- 3rd on The Greatest Stories Ever Told (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- 4th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 4th on Biblioteca (Argentina)
- 4th on The 25 Favorite Books of 100 Francophone Writers (Telerama)
- 5th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 6th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- 6th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 10th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 12th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
- 18th on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
- 22nd on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
- 26th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 29th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 34th on Top 50 Books (The Folio Society)
- 48th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 86th on The 101 Favorite Novels of 'Le Monde' Readers (Le Monde)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Books, 100 Companions (Zeit Online)
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- 12 Novels Considered the Greatest Book Ever Written (Encyclopedia Britannica)
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- A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life (The Daily Mail)
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- Have You Read 100 Great Books? (The Jasper Lee Company)
- How to Read and Why (Harold Bloom)
- Inteliquest's World's 100 Greatest Books of All-Time (InteliQuest)
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- John Lubbock, The Choice of Books (1896) (The Choice of Books (Book))
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- One Hundred Best Books (1916) (John Cowper Powys)
- Recommended Reading List for Students (China 2020) (Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
- The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written (Martin Seymour-Smith)
- The 50 Most Influential Books of All Time (Open Education Database)
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- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
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- Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
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