Books with author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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Don Quixote is one of the great masterpieces of world literature, and a rollicking, profoundly instructive adventure story in the bargain. The first great European novel, its theme of the superannuated knight setting out on his rickety horse to put a wicked world to rights, is as touching and timely today as ever it has been. Along the rocky road that leads to the truth about everything, the deluded don and his reluctant squire Sancho Panza reveal themselves as the best comic duo of them all. As brightly as it first did in 1605, Cervantes' immortal tale shines across the centuries to remind us that good intentions should always pave the way, and never mind the consequences.

"In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing. An olla of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income. The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun. He had in his house a housekeeper past forty, a niece under twenty, and a lad for the field and market-place, who used to saddle the hack as well as handle the bill-hook. The age of this gentleman of ours was bordering on fifty; he was of a hardy habit, spare, gaunt-featured, a very early riser and a great sportsman. They will have it his surname was Quixada or Quesada (for here there is some difference of opinion among the authors who write on the subject), although from reasonable conjectures it seems plain that he was called Quexana. This, however, is of but little importance to our tale; it will be enough not to stray a hair's breadth from the truth in the telling of it." Miguel de Cervantes. Vol I

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▪ This book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha), is a novel written by Miguel de Cervantes. The novel follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, who reads too many chivalric novels, and sets out to revive chivalry under the name of Don Quixote. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza as his squire, who frequently deals with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood with a unique Earthy wit. He is met by the world as it is, initiating themes like Intertextuality, Realism, Metatheatre and Literary Representation.Published in two volumes a decade apart, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. In one such list, Don Quixote was cited as the "best literary work ever written".

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 of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read Don Quixote.

It was with considerable reluctance that I abandoned infavor of the present undertaking what had long been afavorite project, that of a new edition of Shelton’s “ Don Quixote,” which has now become a somewhat scarce book. Thereare some —and I confess myself to be one —for whom Shelton’s racy old version, with all its defects, has a charm thatno modern translation, however skilful or correct, could possess.Shelton had the inestimable advantage of belonging to thesame generation as Cervantes ; Don Quixote ” had to him avitality that only a contemporary could feel ; it cost him nodramatic effort to see things as Cervantes saw them ; there isno anachronism in his language ; he put the Spanish of Cervantes into the English of Shakespeare. Shakespeare himselfmost likely knew the book ; he may have carried it home withhim in his saddle-bags to Stratford on one of his last journeys,and under the mulberry tree at New Place joined hands witha kindred genius in its pages.But it was soon made plain to me that to hope for evena moderate popularity for Shelton was vain. His fine oldcrusted English would, no doubt, be relished by a minority,but it would be only by a minority. His version has strongclaims on sentimental grounds, but on sentimental groundsonly. His warmest admirers must admit that he 'is not a satisfactory representative of Cervantes. His translation of theFirst Part was very hastily made —in forty days he says inhis dedication —and, as his marginal notes show, never re- vised by him. It has all the freshness and vigor, but also afull measure of the faults, of a hasty production.

A timeless tale of comedy and misplaced chivalry, Cervantes' classic Don Quixote tells the story of a country gentleman so brainwashed by tales of knighthood and bravery that he decides to set out on a quest of his own—one that proves to be quite foolish in a world without castles and kings. Along with his squire Sancho Panza, he embarks on a journey that is often considered one of the greatest literary works of all time.Included in Maplewood Edition of Don Quixote are:• The full, unabridged text of Cervantes's Don Quixote, elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Kindle device.• Classic illustrations throughout the text by Gustave Dore.• Links to free, full-length audio recordings of this and other classic works.• An active Table of Contents accessible from the Kindle "go to" feature.• Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle's Text-to-Speech features.• A low, can't-say-no price!Exclusive Fan ResourcesSpecial features are also include for any Cervantes enthusiast, including:• A list of films and dramatic works, both directly and indirectly inspired by Cervantes' masterpiece.• Links to free, full-length audio recordings of this and other classic works.Prepare yourself for one of the greats of Western literature: Don Quixote.