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   Don Quixote [a] [b] [c] is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel [2] [3] and the greatest work ever written.

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3. www.britannica.com › topic › Don-Quixote-novelDon Quixote | Summary, Legacy, & Facts | Britannica

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   Don Quixote, novel published in two parts (part 1, 1605, and part 2, 1615) by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, one of the most widely read classics of Western literature.

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   • Don Quixote was originally written as a parody of the chivalric romances that were popular at the time of its publication, in the early 1600s. It r...
   • Don Quixote’s sidekick is his squire Sancho Panza. Sancho Panza is a short, pot-bellied peasant whose appetite, common sense, and vulgar wit serve...
   • Don Quixote dies at the end of Part 2 of the novel. After Don Quixote and Sancho Panza return home to their village of La Mancha, Spain, Don Quixot...
   • Notable adaptations of Don Quixote include an 1869 ballet, the 1965 musical play Man of La Mancha, and a 1972 film version directed by Arthur Hille...
   • Don Quixote is considered a prototype of the modern novel in part because its author, Miguel de Cervantes, gave voice to a vibrant assortment of ch...

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   Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked.

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   Don Quixote is considered by literary historians to be one of the most important books of all time, and it is often cited as the first modern novel. The character of Quixote became an archetype, and the word quixotic, used to mean the impractical pursuit of idealistic goals, entered common usage.

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   Don Quixote. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Roberto González Echevarría (Introduction), John Rutherford (Translator) 3.90. 277,052ratings12,473reviews. Kindle $0.99. Rate this book. Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances that he determines to become a knight-errant himself.

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8. www.litcharts.com › lit › don-quixoteDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Plot Summary | LitCharts

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   Learn the main events and themes of Miguel de Cervantes's classic novel Don Quixote, a satire of chivalry and madness. Follow the adventures of the delusional knight and his loyal squire Sancho Panza in two parts.

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   Who is Sancho Panza in Don Quixote?

   • Don Quixote (right) and his squire, Sancho Panza; illustration from a 19th-century edition of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The work opens in a village of La Mancha, Spain, where a country gentleman’s infatuation with books of chivalry leads him to decide to become a knight-errant, and he assumes the name Don Quixote.

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   Why is Don Quixote important?

   • Don Quixote is said to reflect the Spanish society in which Cervantes lived and wrote. Spain's status as a world power was declining, and the Spanish national treasury was bankrupt due to expensive foreign wars.

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   Who wrote Don Quixote?

   • Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. NY, USA: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. pp. 20–22. ISBN 0-8120-3512-7. ^ Aaron M. Kahn, ed. (2021). Jerónimo Antonio Gil and the Idea of the Spanish Enlightenment. Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 9780198742913. ^ FARRANT, LILY (22 April 2022). "22 April 1616: Death of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes".

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   • Start your 7-day FREE trial now! Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked.

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    Aug 3, 2021 · Despite being written in 1605 and translated in 1885, Don Quixote contains a surprising amount of slapstick laughs—even for the modern reader—and narrative devices still seen in today’s fiction, including meta-narratives, frame narratives, and metafiction.