| Don Quixote (VOLUME 1) Contributor(s): Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986592944 ISBN-13: 9781986592949 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.22 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.46 lbs) 502 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cervantes tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the books of chivalry, this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. On his heroic journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute Maritornes, who is commended for her Christian charity, to the Knight of the Green Coat, who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue. |