{"product_id":"2026200018687-secondhand-the-adventures-of-don-quixote-de-la-mancha","title":"The Adventures Of Don Quixote De La Mancha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew works of world literature have so completely reshaped the very idea of what a novel can be as Miguel de Cervantes' The Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha — the tale of an aging Spanish gentleman so consumed by chivalric romances that he dons rusty armour, rechristens his old horse Rocinante, and rides out into the dusty plains of La Mancha to seek glory as a knight-errant, with the bumbling, earthy Sancho Panza faithfully trotting at his side. This illustrated edition, adorned with eight colour plates and drawings by the celebrated W. Heath Robinson, brings a vivid, whimsical vitality to Cervantes' picaresque adventures, as master and squire tilt at windmills, battle imaginary giants, and woo the idealised Dulcinea del Toboso in a world that persistently refuses to match their romantic vision.\n\nFirst published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is widely regarded as the first modern novel and one of the supreme achievements of Western literature, a work that simultaneously satirises and celebrates the power of the human imagination. Cervantes writes with an irony that is never cruel — his prose balances comedy and pathos in a way that has influenced every major novelist who followed, from Fielding and Flaubert to Dostoevsky and Borges. This beautifully produced Dent \u0026amp; Dutton edition, a hallmark of quality publishing, presents the complete adventures in a format worthy of the text's monumental stature. To open its pages is to ask the question that has haunted readers for four centuries: where does noble idealism end and dangerous delusion begin?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572656574683,"sku":"2026200018687-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e545068d-2959-4198-8ac5-049ec2c42697.png?v=1791167145","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018687-secondhand-the-adventures-of-don-quixote-de-la-mancha","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}