Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. - New York : Signet Classics, c2001. - 1050 p. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Don Quixote tells the story of a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless, destroy the wicked, and win the heart of his beloved Dulcinea. Seated upon his ever so lean horse, and accompanied by the pragmatic and faithful squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain seeking glory and grand adventure. Along the way the duo meet a dazzling assortment of characters whose diverse beliefs and perspectives reveal how reality and imagination are frequently indistinguishable.
0451527860 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780451527868
Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction.
Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Knights and knighthood.
Manners and customs.
Spain.
D Sa11 2001
Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. - New York : Signet Classics, c2001. - 1050 p. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Don Quixote tells the story of a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless, destroy the wicked, and win the heart of his beloved Dulcinea. Seated upon his ever so lean horse, and accompanied by the pragmatic and faithful squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain seeking glory and grand adventure. Along the way the duo meet a dazzling assortment of characters whose diverse beliefs and perspectives reveal how reality and imagination are frequently indistinguishable.
0451527860 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780451527868
Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction.
Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Knights and knighthood.
Manners and customs.
Spain.
D Sa11 2001