Don Quixote

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Oxford University Press, 1998 - Fiction - 1087 pages
Don Quixote, originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, stands as Cervantes' belated but colossal literary success. A work which has achieved mythic status, it is considered to have pioneered the modern novel. Don Quixote, a poor gentleman from La Mancha, Spain, entranced by the code of chivalry, seeks romantic honor through absurd and fantastic adventures. His fevered imagination turns everyday objects into heroic opponents and stepping stones to greater glory; each exploit serves as a comic, yet disturbing commentary on the psychological struggle between reality and illusion, fact and fiction. This celebrated translation by Charles Jarvis offers a new introduction and notes which provide essential background information.
 

Contents

The Authors Preface
15
DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA
20
Which treats of the quality and manner of life of
21
In which is related the pleasant method Don Quixote took
31
Of what befell our knight after he had sallied out from
37
Wherein is continued the narration of our knights
43
Of the second sally of our good knight Don Quixote de
54
Wherein is concluded and an end put to the stupendous
66
Preface to the Reader
465
Which treats of the notable quarrel between Sancho Panza
479
Of the pleasant conversation which passed between
484
Of what passed between Don Quixote his niece
502
Which relates what will be found in it
520
Of the strange adventure which befell the valorous
537
Giving an account who the Knight of the Lookingglasses
558
Wherein is set forth the last and highest point at which
569

Of what befell Don Quixote with certain goatherds
76
What a certain goatherd related to those who were with
82
Wherein are rehearsed the despairing verses of
96
Of what happened to the ingenious gentleman in the inn
110
In which is rehearsed the discourse which Sancho Panza
125
Of the adventure the like never before seen or heard
141
How Don Quixote set at liberty several unfortunate per
163
A continuation of the adventure of the Sierra Morena
184
A continuation of the refinements practised by
207
How the priest and the barber put their design in execu
214
Which treats of the new and agreeable adventure that
230
Which treats of the beautiful Dorotheas discretion with
243
Which treats of the pleasant and ingenious method
254
Of the relishing conversation which passed between
264
Which treats of what befell Don Quixotes whole com
272
In which is recited The Novel of the Curious Impertinent
278
In which is continued The Novel of the Curious
296
The conclusion of The Novel of the Curious Impertin
313
Which treats of other uncommon accidents that hap
321
Wherein is continued the history of the famous Infanta
330
The continuation of Don Quixotes curious discourse
340
In which is continued the history of the captive
351
Wherein the captive continues the story of his adventures
362
Which treats of what further happened in the inn and
380
Which treats of the agreeable history of the young mule
386
A continuation of the unheardof adventures of the inn
395
In which the dispute concerning Mambrinos helmet
403
In which is finished the notable adventure of the troopers
410
Of the strange and wonderful manner in which
418
In which the canon prosecutes the subject of books
427
Of the ingenious conference between Sancho Panza
434
Of the ingenious contest between Don Quixote and
440
Which treats of what the goatherd related to all those
446
Of what befell Don Quixote in the castle or house of
578
Wherein is related the adventure of the enamoured shep
586
Giving an account of the wedding of Camacho the Rich
593
In which is continued the history of Camachos wedding
601
Wherein is related the grand adventure of the cave
607
Of the wonderful things which the unexampled
614
In which are recounted a thousand impertinences neces
623
Wherein is begun the braying adventure with the pleasant
629
Wherein is contained the pleasant adventure of
638
Wherein is related who Master Peter and his ape were
645
Of things which Ben Engeli says he who reads them
651
Of what befell Don Quixote with a fair huntress
661
Of the relishing conversation which passed between
686
Wherein is continued the account of the method pre
699
In which an account is given of the Afflicted Matrons
712
Of the arrival of Clavileņo with the conclusion of this
725
Of the second instructions Don Quixote gave Sancho
739
How Sancho Panza was carried to his government
745
Of the dreadful bellringing and cattish consternation
759
Of what befell Sancho Panza as he was going the round
779
Of the progress of Sancho Panzas government with
797
Of the toilsome end and conclusion of Sancho Panzas
811
Of the prodigious and neverseen battle between
830
Showing how adventures crowded so fast upon
839
Of what befell Don Quixote in his way to Barcelona
856
Which treats of the adventure of the enchanted head with
870
Treating of the adventure which gave Don Quixote more
890
Of the resolution Don Quixote took to turn shepherd
903
Which follows the sixtyninth and treats of matters
917
Of the omens Don Quixote met with at the entrance into
934
Explanatory Notes
945
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About the author (1998)

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in Alcala de Henares, Spain, in 1547. In 1585, a few months after his marriage to Catalina de Salazar, he published his first major work as an author, the pastoral novel La Galatea which was poorly received. Cervantes became a tax collector in Granada in 1594, but was imprisoned in 1597 due to money problems with the government. Folklore maintains that while in prison, he wrote his most famous novel, Don Quixote, which was an immediate success upon publication in 1605. After several years of writing short novels and plays, Cervantes was spurred to write the sequel to Don Quixote in 1615 when an unauthorized sequel appeared to great acclaim. Though Cervantes' sequel was rushed and flawed, Don Quixote remains a powerful symbol that has endured to present times in many forms. Cervantes died on April 22, 1616, at the age of 69.

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