The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 08

Languageen
First published2004-06-01
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#5910

Description

"The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 08" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is part of a novel originally published in 1605. The story follows Alonso Quijano, a man so consumed by chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and becomes the knight-errant Don Quixote. Accompanied by his earthy squire Sancho Panza, he embarks on delusional adventures, mistaking windmills for giants and inns for castles, unable to distinguish fantasy from reality in his quest to revive chivalry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction
  • Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction
  • Picaresque literature
  • Romances
  • PQ

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