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Don Quixote [Abridged] [Mass Market Paperback]

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Author), Walter Starkie (Introduction, Translator)
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Release Date: Jun 3 2003
Brimming with humor, rich in idealism and earthy common sense, this highly-esteemed translation and abridgement of the beloved masterpiece will enchant a new generation of readers.


@DonQuixote People say that sleep deprivation, isolation, and too much reading have made me loopy. But I say nay! Nay!!!

I am going full-creeper and giving a girl I love a special secret nickname without her even knowing about it.

I’ll call her Dulcinea. Get it? Like Dulce del Coochayyyy.

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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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AT A VILLAGE OF LA MANCHA, WHOSE NAME I DO NOT wish to remember, there lived a little while ago one of those gentlemen who are wont to keep a lance in the rack, an old buckler, a lean horse and a swift greyhound. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars Don Quixote "spanish wildman" Mar 11 2004
By Justin Baas
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Don Quixote (abridged) is a great piece of Spanish literature. It is chok full of comical escapades and satire. It is not a book that will not leave you holding on, trying to survive through the boring parts. It starts out, with a hook, and draws you deeper and deeper into the undefined plot. I defiantly enjoyed it, and laughed at the many stupid predicaments the knight fell into. It is a definite must read in my book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Don Quixote the Wanna-Be-Knight Feb 26 2004
By Lauren Logel
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Don Quixote was a very good book to read. The whole book is very funny and some of the things that Cervantes has Don Quixote do are very entertaining. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in kinght erranty because this is a very good example of what not to do.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quick, excellent service, great book! May 19 2012
By lulu2 - Published on Amazon.com
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Don Quixote is a classic for all times and all places with much humor, grand politics, church squabbles, struggles between rich and poor, it needs to be read and reread as we live and grow.
5.0 out of 5 stars Don Quixote Dec 27 2012
By Gary Evans - Published on Amazon.com
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Very nice book,loved reading this story of a man who chased his demons,and could be true today of alot of people.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Don Quixote Jun 11 2006
By Firecracker - Published on Amazon.com
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This certainly was one of the more entertaining books I've read. The adventures of Sancho and Don Quixote were very well written, funny, and has captured the hearts of millions throughout the centuries. Don Quixote is a madman who believes himself to be a knight-errant destined to return the world to the prior "order". Immediately he gets dressed up in a very silly fashion and starts by attacking "giants", only they are windmills. The first part involves Don and his squire Sancho Panza in a series of silly conflicts that they get into, at the same time doing many great things. The first part was much better than the second part in my opinion as Quixote lost some of his humour and became somewhat more "normal" Sancho was a great clown and the book truly deserves to be named 'Don Quixote and Sancho Panza" Also, Quixote's folly was a little bit irritating for me at times. Especially when he kept mentioning stupid such as his "Lady Dulcinea el Toboso," who is truly a whore, and talking about enchantments which were simply the consequences of the stupid things that Don Quixote and his squire did upon themselves.

Of course, this book was more than simply a satire attacking the ancient tradition of knight-errants. Quixote said many things which made sense at the time, through what he said, we can see a glimpse of the life in the early 1600's and a little bit of Cervante's own experiences as a soldier. Many times did Don Quixote mention his badge, in which Cervantes truly valued for fighting the English armanda.

In conclusion, if you want to read about two clowns perform that were being put down on the pages of a 528 page book that is funny and very well-written, this would be a great book for you.
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