| Don Quixote Contributor(s): De Cervantes, Miguel (Author), Fuentes, Carlos (Introduction by), Smollett, Tobias (Translator) |
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ISBN: 037575699X ISBN-13: 9780375756993 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $14.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de la Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they wend their way across sixteenth-century Spain. Milan Kundera calls Cervantes "the founder of the Modern Era and Lionel Trilling "observes that it can be said that all prose fiction is a variation on the theme of Don Quixote." This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition reproduces the acclaimed Tobias Smollett translation; as Salman Rushdie declares, "To my mind, this is the only English rendering of the Quixote that reads like a great novel, a novel of immense daring, much wildness and many colours. It releases Don Quixote from the grey academic prison of many more recent translations, unleashing him upon the English language in all his brilliant, foolish glory." This edition also contains new endnotes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00069203 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.62" H x 5.26" W x 8.12" (1.75 lbs) 1168 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - Central Europe |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12781 Reading Level: 13.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 91.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de la Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they wend their way across sixteenth-century Spain. Milan Kundera calls Cervantes "the founder of the Modern Era and Lionel Trilling "observes that it can be said that all prose fiction is a variation on the theme of Don Quixote." This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition reproduces the acclaimed Tobias Smollett translation; as Salman Rushdie declares, "To my mind, this is the only English rendering of the Quixote that reads like a great novel, a novel of immense daring, much wildness and many colours. It releases Don Quixote from the grey academic prison of many more recent translations, unleashing him upon the English language in all his brilliant, foolish glory." This edition also contains new endnotes. |