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- DLSmithies recommends Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, "Don Quixote was Flaubert's favourite book, and I've read somewhere that the idea of Madame Bovary is to re-tell the story of Don Quixote in a different (see more) context. Don Quixote is obsessed with chivalric literature, and immerses himself in it to the extent that he loses his grip on reality. Emma Bovary is bewitched by Romantic literature in the same way. There are lots of parallels between the two novels, and I think putting them side by side can lead to a better understanding of both."
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Idle reader, you can believe without any oath of mine that I would wish this book, as the child of my brain, to be the most beautiful, the liveliest and the cleverest imaginable.  | |
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And with this you will fulfill you Christian duty, by giving good counsel to those who do not wish you well, and I shall be pleased and proud to have been the first who completely enjoyed the fruits of his writing, just as he wished, for my only desire has been to have people reject and despise the false and nonsensical histories of the books of chivalry , which are already stumbling over the history of my true Don Quixote, and will undoubtedly fall to the ground. Vale. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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Please do not combine this work with anything! Some members of the Combiners! group are working to sort out the versions of Don Quixote. This is a work in progress. To see how you can help out, join the discussion here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/557... | |
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▾Common Knowledge (short form) | Canonical title | Don Quixote | | Original publication date | 1605, 1605 (Spanish: Part 1), 1612 (English: Shelton: Part 1), 1615 (Spanish: Part 2), 1620 (English: Shelton: Part 2), 1885 (English: Ormsby) (show all 8), 1957 (English: Starkie), 1950 (English: Penguin) | | People/Characters | Alonso Quixano N/K/A Don Quixote de la Mancha, Aldonza "Dulcinea" Lorenzo del Toboso, Sancho Panza, Rocinante (Horse) | | Important places | Spain, La Mancha, Spain, Montiel, Spain | | First words | Idle reader, you can believe without any oath of mine that I would wish this book, as the child of my brain, to be the most beautiful, the liveliest and the cleverest imaginable. | | Last words | (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And with this you will fulfill you Christian duty, by giving good counsel to those who do not wish you well, and I shall be pleased and proud to have been the first who completely enjoyed the fruits of his writing, just as he wished, for my only desire has been to have people reject and despise the false and nonsensical histories of the books of chivalry , which are already stumbling over the history of my true Don Quixote, and will undoubtedly fall to the ground. Vale. |
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