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Don Quixote de La Mancha, Part II (1614)

by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda

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Don Quixote is a middle-aged man living in 16th century La Mancha in Spain who is obsessed with romance novels involving chivalry. He arms himself to defend the weak and vanquish the wicked. The two-part novel is the story of his many and often very humorous adventures. The novel is rated as one of the premier works of Western literature and is the source of the popular terms "tilting at windmills" and "quixotic" for one's pursuit of something purely fanciful.… (more)
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Alonso Fernández de Avellanedaprimary authorall editionscalculated
Gómez Canseco, LuisEd. lit.secondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Keller, John EstenTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Server, Alberta WilsonTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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This is the single-volume version of the "spurious Quixote," published in 1614 by a pseudonymous author.

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Don Quixote is a middle-aged man living in 16th century La Mancha in Spain who is obsessed with romance novels involving chivalry. He arms himself to defend the weak and vanquish the wicked. The two-part novel is the story of his many and often very humorous adventures. The novel is rated as one of the premier works of Western literature and is the source of the popular terms "tilting at windmills" and "quixotic" for one's pursuit of something purely fanciful.

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