The First Part Of The Delightful History Of The Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote Of The Mancha
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Widely regarded as the first modern novel, this landmark work of Spanish literature chronicles the misadventures of Alonso Quijano, a middle-aged gentleman so consumed by tales of chivalry that he reinvents himself as the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha, setting out across the Spanish countryside to right wrongs and win glory. Accompanied by his earthy, pragmatic squire Sancho Panza, the deluded hero tilts at windmills he mistakes for giants, courts an imaginary noblewoman named Dulcinea, and stumbles through a series of comic yet deeply human encounters that satirize the romantic idealism of medieval chivalric romances. Cervantes masterfully balances broad, farcical humor with genuine pathos, crafting a tone that is simultaneously witty and melancholic, inviting readers to laugh at Don Quixote's folly while mourning the gap between his soaring ideals and a mundane, indifferent world. The narrative also presents a sophisticated meditation on the nature of fiction, reality, and identity, as characters within the story debate the very tales they inhabit. Centuries after its original publication, it endures as an essential cornerstone of world literature, illustrating with unmatched brilliance the power and peril of the human imagination.
Author: Miguel De Cervantes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1937, P. F. Collier & Son Corporation
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Widely regarded as the first modern novel, this landmark work of Spanish literature chronicles the misadventures of Alonso Quijano, a middle-aged gentleman so consumed by tales of chivalry that he reinvents himself as the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha, setting out across the Spanish countryside to right wrongs and win glory. Accompanied by his earthy, pragmatic squire Sancho Panza, the deluded hero tilts at windmills he mistakes for giants, courts an imaginary noblewoman named Dulcinea, and stumbles through a series of comic yet deeply human encounters that satirize the romantic idealism of medieval chivalric romances. Cervantes masterfully balances broad, farcical humor with genuine pathos, crafting a tone that is simultaneously witty and melancholic, inviting readers to laugh at Don Quixote's folly while mourning the gap between his soaring ideals and a mundane, indifferent world. The narrative also presents a sophisticated meditation on the nature of fiction, reality, and identity, as characters within the story debate the very tales they inhabit. Centuries after its original publication, it endures as an essential cornerstone of world literature, illustrating with unmatched brilliance the power and peril of the human imagination.