Don Quixote (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

Miguel De Cervantes

ISBN 10: 1853267953 / ISBN 13: 9781853267956

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Don Quixote (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853267953
• ISBN 13: 9781853267956
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

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. Cervantes' greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels, all suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out to encompass the reader.

About the Author

Translated by Charles Jarvis, and edited with an Introduction by E. C. Riley, Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies, University of Edinburgh