The First Part Of The Delightful History Of The Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote Of The Mancha
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One of the most celebrated works in all of Western literature, Don Quixote of the Mancha chronicles the tragicomic adventures of Alonso Quixano, a Spanish gentleman so consumed by chivalric romances that he reinvents himself as the knight-errant Don Quixote and sets out across the plains of La Mancha to revive a dying age of heroism. Accompanied by his earthy, pragmatic squire Sancho Panza, he tilts at windmills, courts an imaginary noblewoman, and wages war against a world that refuses to match his magnificent delusions — a premise that is by turns hilarious, heartbreaking, and profoundly human. Miguel de Cervantes, writing in early 17th-century Spain, crafted what many scholars regard as the first modern novel, a self-aware narrative that simultaneously honours and subverts the conventions of its genre. This Harvard Classics edition, translated by Thomas Shelton — the earliest English translator of the work — presents the text in a form that captures the vigour and wit of the original Spanish with remarkable fidelity. Edited under the distinguished stewardship of Charles W. Eliot, it stands as an authoritative and accessible gateway into a story that has defined the very concept of the idealist at war with reality, leaving every reader to wonder: where does noble vision end and magnificent madness begin?
Author: Miguel De Cervantes
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
One of the most celebrated works in all of Western literature, Don Quixote of the Mancha chronicles the tragicomic adventures of Alonso Quixano, a Spanish gentleman so consumed by chivalric romances that he reinvents himself as the knight-errant Don Quixote and sets out across the plains of La Mancha to revive a dying age of heroism. Accompanied by his earthy, pragmatic squire Sancho Panza, he tilts at windmills, courts an imaginary noblewoman, and wages war against a world that refuses to match his magnificent delusions — a premise that is by turns hilarious, heartbreaking, and profoundly human. Miguel de Cervantes, writing in early 17th-century Spain, crafted what many scholars regard as the first modern novel, a self-aware narrative that simultaneously honours and subverts the conventions of its genre. This Harvard Classics edition, translated by Thomas Shelton — the earliest English translator of the work — presents the text in a form that captures the vigour and wit of the original Spanish with remarkable fidelity. Edited under the distinguished stewardship of Charles W. Eliot, it stands as an authoritative and accessible gateway into a story that has defined the very concept of the idealist at war with reality, leaving every reader to wonder: where does noble vision end and magnificent madness begin?