This celebrated translation by Charles Jarvis conveys the flavour of the original Spanish, and the new introduction and notes provide essential background information. This book is intended for students following courses in the novel; Spanish literature; comparative literature and literary theory.
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Don Quixote, a poor gentleman of La Mancha, a man of gentle and amiable disposition and otherwise sane, has had his wits disordered by inordinate devotion to the tales of chivalry, and imagines himself called upon to roam the world in search of adventures on his old horse, Rosinante, and accoutred in rusty armour, accompanied by a squire in the shape of rustic Sancho Panza --Oxford Companion to English Literature
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The definitive translation of the world's greatest novel.
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- PublisherOxford Paperbacks
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 019282726X
- ISBN 13 9780192827265
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages1109
- EditorRiley E.C.
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