About this title: Perhaps the greatest--and certainly the most famous--novel ever written in Spanish, "Don Quijote de la Mancha" is the classic picaresque tale of a knight-errant living in a world which has no use for him. Written as a history, it gives an account of the life of Don Quijote, a deluded 17th-century Spaniard who believes himself to be a medieval knight and attempts to win renown through acts of chivalry that are invariably disastrous or absurd. One of the earliest examples of the novel form, it remains to this day among the most influential and best-loved works of fiction in any language.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 06/2005
ISBN-13:9788497591089ISBN:8497591089
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. read more
Description: HB, Random House, New York, 1941, Translated by Peter Motteux, illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller, foreword by Edwin Seaver. Blue cloth on boards is showing damp marks on edges and one on back by backstrip, fep has bookplate and is browning as is the bep, contents are clean and pretty tight. Good. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Santillana USA Publishing Compan
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9788429445596ISBN:8429445595
Description: Very Good. Paperback. Very Good Condition. Reasonable light wear. Text appears free of marks, writing, and highlighting. May have bookstore-related stamps/stickers/marks. * SHIPS W/IN 24 HOURS! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cideb Editrice
Date Published: 2005-10-31
ISBN-13:9788853001016ISBN:8853001011
Description: Good. Paperback, minor spine, edge & cover wear, writing inside front cover, occasional underline & notation in text, post office daily. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alfaguara
Date Published: 2005-07-01
ISBN-13:9789587043112ISBN:9587043111
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grupo Oceano
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9789706519412ISBN:9706519416
Description: Rivera, Antonio Albarran. New. Text in Spanish. Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 138 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Lectorum Publications
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9788424116583ISBN:8424116585
Description: Navarro, Jose Ruiz. New. Text in Spanish. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oceano De Mexico
Date Published: 2005-04-02
ISBN-13:9789706519412ISBN:9706519416
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grupo Nelson
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9789706519412ISBN:9706519416
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"This was a tough one. So violent! But, now I'm glad I got it over with. I can't say I loved it or even that I liked it but I do have some amazing quotes, and to say that he isn't a literary genuius would be wrong indeed. I acutally met someone who did not know who Don Quixote was. This was quite a shocker to me. The windmill scene was surprisingly short, but it did say something to me about unfinished dreams and reaching for the stars. I'll have to add my favorite quotes. It's done!"
"Although Don Quixote and Sancho are both amusing characters I got desperately bored of them within the first 100 pages of this book. It was only near the end that I started to really enjoy it again, with the addition on stories that didn't circulate around Don Quixote. All in all a pleasant read, but no one that I thought I've gained anything from."
"Considered the first Western novel, Cervantes 940 pages cover just about every novel-writing technique used ever since. Great story-telling and amusing swipes at other plays, poetry, pastoral and chivalric writing. Plus special darts at a writer who wrote a fake Don Quixote, part 2 between Cervantes's own part 1, published in 1605, and part II, published in 1615. (This volume includes both parts 1 and 2. Edith Grossman's translation is both readable and scholarly. There is also included a fairly good critical essay by Harold Bloom."
"I did it. It took me about a month, but I have read the entre book of Don Quixote. I can't find many people who have... At first, I really did not like this book. Being written a long time ago, it is not a quick read. Many characers are introduced and all want to give long speeches. Needless to say, it does not move fast like a modern novel. It does take work to read this - attention and time must be put into it. I stayed with it, and then really enjoyed it. By the end, I was ready for it to be over, so I have it 3 instead of 4 stars. I did not know that Don Quixote was written in two parts, fifteen years apart, and another author had tried to write part two in the mean time. Cervantes didn't really appreciate this and makes fun of it several times in the book. I will be interested to talk about this one at book club to see what people got out of it."
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