Books with title Don Quixote De La Mancha, the Ingenious Gentleman

Don Quixote, fully titled The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha (Spanish: El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, 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, such as the Bokklubben World Library collection that cites Don Quixote as the authors' choice for the "best literary work ever written". The story follows the adventures of a hidalgo named Mr. Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. Throughout the novel, Cervantes uses such literary techniques as realism, metatheatre, and intertextuality. The book had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (1844), Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), as well as the word "quixotic" and the epithet "Lothario"; the latter refers to a character in "El Curioso Impertinente" ("The Impertinently Curious Man"), an intercalated story that appears in Part One, Book Four, chapters 33–35. Arthur Schopenhauer cited Don Quixote as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with Tristram Shandy, La Nouvelle Héloïse, and Wilhelm Meister.

Excerpt from The Ingenious Gentleman, Vol. 1 of 2: Don Quixote of La ManchaV. IN which the narrative OF our knight's mishap Is continued VI. OF the diverting and important scrutiny which the curate and the barber made IN the library OF our ingenious gentleman VII. OF the second sally OF our worthy knight don quixote OF LA mancha VIII. OF the good fortune which the valiant don quixote had IN the terrible and undreamt - OF adventure OF the windmills, with other occur rences worthy TO BE fitly recorded IX. IN which IS concluded and finished the terrific battle between the gallant biscayan and the valiant manchegan.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Translated by John Ormsby. Do you enjoy classic literature? Then you'll love Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes! it was first published in 1605 and is considered to be one of greatest novels of all time. Aren't you intrigued to find out why? Perhaps you read Don Quixote in school as a youth or maybe this is your first time reading Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece or maybe you're a teacher buying the book for your children's literature class. Either way, enjoy Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote today!

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> The Life And Exploits Of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, Volume 4; The Life And Exploits Of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha; Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra<author> Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra<translated by> Charles Jarvis<publisher> E. Duyckinck, 1825<subjects> Literary Criticism; European; Spanish & Portuguese; Literary Criticism / European / Spanish & Portuguese

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Excerpt from The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha, Vol. 1 of 2Pt is certain, that, upon the fiirtlf appearance of? This; book in publick, great' numbers of the Spainjh readers under-flood it as a true hitiory; nor perhaps its-the Opinion quite extinguithed in that country: ton an intimate friend of mine. Told me, that, meeting, not long ago, in London, with a Spaniard of tome figure, and wanting to learnof him tbme particulars concerning, Cervantes and donjqi'iixote, the Spaniard very gravely atl'ured him, that Cervantes was a, wag; the whole book fiétion and meer invention; and that there never. Was. Tuch a perfon as Don s'zaixote.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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