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Don quixote

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Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the books of chivalry , this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. On his heroic journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute Maritornes, who is commended for her Christian charity, to the Knight of the Green Coat, who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue.

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Series Title

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Call Number

823 CER d

Publisher

Hertfordshire, UK : Wordsworth Editions Ltd., 1997

Collation

800 p. ; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781853260360

Classification

800

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Literature
Fiction
Classics

Specific Detail Info

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Statement of Responsibility

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Other Information

Level

High School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure -- Program Reference

Reading Level

Independent

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