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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) Paperback – February 25, 2003

by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (Author), John Rutherford (Editor, Translator), Roberto González Echevarría (Introduction)

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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray—he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants—Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together-and together they have haunted readers' imaginations for nearly four hundred years.

With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been generally recognized as the first modern novel. This Penguin Classics edition, with its beautiful new cover design, includes John Rutherford's masterly translation, which does full justice to the energy and wit of Cervantes's prose, as well as a brilliant critical introduction by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarriá.

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February 25, 2003
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5 x 1.81 x 7.7 inches
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0142437239
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"The highest creation of genius has been achieved by Shakespeare and Cervantes, almost alone." —Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"A more profound and powerful work than this is not to be met with...The final and greatest utterance of the human mind." —Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"What a monument is this book! How its creative genius, critical, free, and human, soars above its age!" —Thomas Mann

"Don Quixote looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through his sheer vitality....The parody has become a paragon." —Vladimir Nabokov

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Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra was born in Spain in 1547 to a family once proud and influential but now fallen on hard times. His father, a poor barber-surgeon, wandered up and down Spain in search of work. Educated as a child by the Jesuits in Seville, the creator of Don Quixote grew up to follow the career of a professional soldier. He was wounded at Lepanto in 1571, captured by the Turks in 1575, imprisoned for five years, and was finally rescued by the Trinitarian friars in 1580. On his return to Spain he found his family more impoverished than ever before. Supporting his mother, two sisters, and an illegitimate daughter, he settled down to a literary career and had hopes of becoming a successful playwright, but just then the youthful Lope de Vega entered triumphantly to transform the Spanish theatre by his genius. Galatea, a pastoral romance, was published in 1585, the year of Cervantes’ marriage to Catalina de Palacios y Salazar Vozmediano. But it did not bring him an escape from poverty, and he was forced to become a roving commissary for the Spanish armada. This venture, which led to bankruptcy and jail, lasted for fifteen years. Although he never knew prosperity, Cervantes did gain a measure of fame during his lifetime, and Don Quixote and Sancho Panza were known all over the world. Part I of Don Quixote was published in 1605; in 1613, his Exemplary Novels appeared, and these picaresque tales of romantic adventure gained immediate popularity. Journey to Parnassas, a satirical review of his fellow Spanish poets, appeared in 1614, and Part II of Don Quixote in 1615 as well as Eight Plays and Eight Interludes. Miguel de Cervantes died on April 23, 1616, the same day as the death of Shakespeare--his English contemporary, his only peer.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics (February 25, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1072 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0142437239
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142437230
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1410L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.81 x 7.7 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #9,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcalá de Henares, 29 de septiembre de 1547-Madrid, 22 de abril de 1616) fue un soldado, novelista, poeta y dramaturgo español.

Es considerado la máxima figura de la literatura española y es universalmente conocido por haber escrito Don Quijote de la Mancha, que muchos críticos han descrito como la primera novela moderna y una de las mejores obras de la literatura universal, además de ser el libro más editado y traducido de la historia, sólo superado por la Biblia. Se le ha dado el sobrenombre de «Príncipe de los Ingenios».

Cervantes es sumamente original. Parodiando un género que empezaba a periclitar, como el de los libros de caballerías, creó otro género sumamente vivaz, la novela polifónica, donde se superponen las cosmovisiones y los puntos de vista hasta confundirse en complejidad con la misma realidad, recurriendo incluso a juegos metaficcionales. En la época la épica podía escribirse también en prosa, y con el precedente en el teatro del poco respeto a los modelos clásicos de Lope de Vega, le cupo a él en suma fraguar la fórmula del realismo en la narrativa tal y como había sido preanunciada en España por toda una tradición literaria desde el Cantar del Mío Cid, ofreciéndosela a Europa, donde Cervantes tuvo más discípulos que en España. La novela realista entera del siglo XIX está marcada por este magisterio. Por otra parte, otra gran obra maestra de Cervantes, las Novelas ejemplares, demuestra la amplitud de miras de su espíritu y su deseo de experimentar con las estructuras narrativas. En esta colección de novelas el autor experimenta con la novela bizantina (La española inglesa), la novela policíaca o criminal (La fuerza de la sangre, El celoso extremeño), el diálogo lucianesco (El coloquio de los perros), la miscelánea de sentencias y donaires (El licenciado Vidriera), la novela picaresca (Rinconete y Cortadillo), la narración constituida sobre una anagnórisis (La gitanilla), etc.

La Editorial Alvi Books le dedicó, como tributo y reconocimiento, este espacio en Amazon en 2016.

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Margarita Leyvas

An Interesting Tale

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2024

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What I enjoyed most was the stories within story, while never forgetting to stay linear with the main story. A very good read.

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Michael Gilbertson

They just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on...

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024

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The classic satire. Characters talk for entire pages as the narrator accepts and expresses their insanity and oddity, only to be met with quick, simple replies as to why they're simply silly.

It is a tough read, but I find myself delighted as I get into the flow.

Great for when you're about to go to bed, since characters will weave you into mental exhaustion by painting you intricate webs of thoughts and ideas, leaving you with no brain space.

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Jessica B.

My new favorite classic

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2016

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Don Quixote has the humor of Nacho Libre and a weird blend of fantasy and reality that I can only compare to Galaxy Quest. I. Loved. This. Book. I was surprised how funny it was. Like laugh-out-loud funny with crude potty humor (my favorite) and violence that the Three Stooges would love. For example, Don Quixote does something absolutely crazy until I can’t stand him but then he gets the crap beaten out of him so I felt sorry for him and kind of liked him again until, of course, he does something crazy again. It actually takes a while to get tired of that cycle because it manages to be funny every time. By the time I was tired of it, Don Quixote started to change and develop more. The story is tragic, too, so it has some depth (but even the tragedy manages to be kind of funny).

If you read this novel in high school and feel like you didn’t read the same book as me, YOU DIDN’T. You need to read the Edith Grossman translation. It’s amazing. It flows well. It’s modern enough to understand yet she worked hard to keep as much of the context of the time period and language as possible. The style feels similar to reading Jane Austen. It’s not totally modern but not old enough that it’s hard to understand. Edith’s footnotes in this novel were great. They gave context when needed. They pointed out plot holes that I didn’t even notice like someone in the room talking even though the author never mentioned them coming in. She also did her best to explain the word play humor that sadly didn’t translate to English. If you’re still not convinced to read it because it’s long, I can tell you that the reason it’s so long is because there are chivalric novellas inserted into the narrative. They’re good stories but if you are intimidated by how long it is, you could skip these novellas.

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Chris Jiongo

One of my all time favorites

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2024

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I went on a spree of sorts to actually start reading all the classic books that I always intended to read but never got around to (job, kids, house, wife, etc.). This is one of the very rare books that made me laugh out loud at some scenes. Beautifully written and just an engrossing tale. Very, very highly recommended.

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Bruno

A Great Read, but Bear in Mind ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020

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This is a classic. Everyone has heard of Don Quixote. I was a bit surprised of how much of a comedy this book is. It's like a spoof for all romantic books about knights and its adventures. Whereas it is funny in regards to the adventures, and most of the dialogue involving the central character (Quixote), it seems to be overly serious on romantic stories. The book is stuffed with ridiculous adventures as it is with romantic tales. Thinking on understanding the main story, this is not a difficult read. What makes it a bit harrowing is the fact that it is long (almost 1000 pages) and that all characters, even the most ignorant, speaks as he was a fine scholar and from a school of politeness and good manners. So, for example, instead of saying, "I don't agree with you" you will probably read "I beg your pardon, but I don't agree with you at the least, and I will present my case to you. Please have the patience to hear me out. First, what you said is wrong for so, and so reasons. Second, you should also consider these other reasons ... And lastly, we must not forget the tale of bla, bla, bla. In this tale, bla, bla, bla... And I almost forgot, another reason you must change your mind is due to bla, bla, bla...." So there you have it. If it weren't for all these unnecessary dwellings in each and every dialogue (and maybe this happens due to the fact it is a satire of all these other knight books that exists or existed in the past), the book would probably be 350 pages long and a much, much, more swifter read. And yes, I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because of this. For the ones that are obsessed with romance and romantic stories: they will probably not find fault in what I pointed out due to the fact that they will be able to enjoy every little detail of romantic thought and dialogue.

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Great Story! -

Reviewed in Canada on March 22, 2022

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- Haven't read it yet. But the book itself, the pages are super thin, ink on one side shows through to the other. Not a huge issue. It is a large book after all. Also, received the book in poor condition. Looks like it's been previously used as a page was earmarked.

Nataniel Boutin

Great

Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2022

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Reviewed in Canada on September 29, 2021

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What a charming book! It’s funny and moving.

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Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2019

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The book may be over 1000 pages, but it's a lovely story. Such a beautiful message. A definitely read if you like classic literature.

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Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2022

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I’ve read many of the classics. While this is incredibly well written it’s whimsical and not as captivating a story as I usually enjoy. Still, the characters are lovable.

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