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The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ; translated with an introduction and notes by John Rutherford.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Series: Penguin clothbound classicsDescription: xxix, 1022 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780241347768
  • 0241347769
Uniform titles:
  • Don Quixote. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 863.3 23
LOC classification:
  • PQ6329 .A2 2018
Summary: The story follows the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante), reviving chivalry and serving his country, 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxii-xxiii).

The story follows the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante), reviving chivalry and serving his country, 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.

Text in English, translated from Spanish.

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