Don Quixote de la Mancha

Name: Don Quixote de la Mancha
Brand: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
SKU: 9780199537891
Price: 8.24 GBP
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by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Title:

Author:

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Series (if any):

Oxford World's Classics

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

1008 pages

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

ISBN-13:

9780199537891

EAN:

9780199537891

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

808

Dimensions (mm):

198 x 128 x 46

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£8.24

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Description

A highly entertaining comic novel, Don Quixote was published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. Nothing quite like it had been published before. Don Quixote, a poor nobleman from La Mancha in central Spain, has a passion for reading tales of chivalry, and is inspired to set off in search of adventure. To his fevered imagination, everyday objects seem to pose irresistible heroic challenges: the result is an extended and comic series of absurd exploits, which also raise questions about reality and illusion, fact and fiction.Don Quixote was Cervantes'' belated but colossal literary success. It is a work which has achieved mythic status and is considered to have pioneered the modern novel. Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and the horse, Rocinante, are now archetypal figures in the literature of the West. This celebrated translation by Charles Jarvis conveys the flavour of the original Spanish, and the new introduction and notes provide essential background information.