Books with title The Life And Exploits Of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha

The protagonist of the book is Alonso Quixano (or Quijano), a retired country gentleman nearing 50 years of age, who lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind due to lack of sleep and food from dedicating all of his time to reading.Includes a biography of the Author

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(0) ILLUSTRATED WITH 12 IMAGESTHIS BOOK IS THE SECOND MOST PUBLISHED IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE CERVANTES INSTITUTE. BOTH A COMEDY AND A TRAGEDY, IT IS A MUST READ FOR FANS OF CLASSIC LITERATURE, SPANISH CULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES. OUR VERSION IS PRESENTED TO YOU FOR EASE OF READING AND NAVIGATION WITH PAGE BREAKS AND A TABLE OF CONTENTS WITH LINKS TO EACH CHAPTER. THE STORY, WRITTEN BY MIGUEL CERVANTES, IS A FANTASY ABOUT A MAD SPANISH NOBLEMAN WHO EMBARKS ON A QUEST AND BELIEVES THAT WINDMILLS HE SEES ARE DRAGONS. HE FIGHTS WITH THE IMAGINARY DRAGONS TO SAVE A PROSTITUTE, DULCINEA,AIDED BY HIS FAITHFUL SQUIRE, SANCHO PANZA.

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Don Quixote, was born in the year 1549, and most probably atM adrid; though other towns of Spain, as Esquivias, Seville, and Lucena, have claimed the honour of his birth. At least, it is certain, he lived atM adrid, as appears from the following superscription of a pleasant letter of Apollo to him :T oM ichael deC ervantes Saavedra, in Orchard Street, fronting the palace belonging to the Prince of Morocco, in Madrid :postage half a real, I mean seventeen marevedis. tF rom his childhood he was so fond of books, that he tells us |he was apt to take up the least scrap of written or printed paper that lay in his way, though it were in the middle of the street. But he addicted himself chiefly to the reading of poetry and novels, as is evident from his own writings, and especially from the carious and pleasant scrutiny of Don Quixote slibrary. Cervantes leftS pain (but in what year is uncertain) and went into I taly; where be became Chamberlain to Cardinal Acquaviva at Rome; and afterwards followed the profession of arms, under the famous Commander Bffarco Antonio Colonna.|| It is certain, from his own account of himself,ir that he was present at the great sea-fight of Lepanto against the Turks, in 1751 ;in which action he lost his hand, or at least the use of it, by a shot fjrom the enemy. It appears, likewise, that he was taken by theM oors, and carried to A lgiers, where he continued under captivity five years and a Prefixed to the edition of this translation in quarto. tS ee his Joomey toP arnassus, ch: .viiL tD on Qmxote, chap. liii. I :. chap. tL 4S ee theD edication of his Galatea. Preface to theS econd Part of Don Quixote.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Clas