The Portable Cervantes (Portable Library)
by Miguel de Cervantes
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Contains Don Quixote, in Samuel Putnam's acclaimed translation, substantially complete, with editorial summaries of the omitted passages; two 'Exemplary Novels, 'Rinconete and Cortadillo' and 'Man of Glass'; and 'Foot in the Stirrup,' Cervantes's extraordinary farewell to life from The Troubles of Persiles and Sigismunda.Tags
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I'm not a scholar of Spanish literature, but I love Samuel Putnam's translation. Compared to Motteux, I find Putnam's to be just the right combination of modern and Renaissance language and sensibility. This Viking Portable edition has significant abbreviation: Putnam fills in with a summary in each instance. A bit frustrating if you love this epic as I do. I would recommend Putnam's full translation.
It has been over sixtry years since I read this book while a college student but I still remember quite a bit of it. The translation is natural, and the book is a masterpiece.
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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 show more 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1951
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- Miguel de Cervantes
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- Spain
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- Spanish
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- Contains Don Quixote, substantially complete, with all omitted passages covered by editorial summaries, plus two complete novels: Rinconete and Cortadillo and Man of glass, and Foot in the stirrup, Cervantes' farewell to life... (show all).
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