First published more than 500 years ago, Don Quixote has become a quintessential comic adventure fiction and a great work of spanish literature. Alonso Quijano, the main character of the novel is a hidalgo, a member of the Spanish nobility. After reading too many books of chivalry, he starts to daydream of becoming a knight. He renames himself Don Quixote and embark into adventure, with his skinny horse Rocinante and foolish neighbor Sancho Panza. Don Quixote loses his grip on reality and gets completely absorbed by his fantasy. After many such adventures and wondering around, a defeated and humiliated Don Quixote returns back to his country town, where he writes his final will before he dies. Don Quixote is a tragicomic adventure fiction which will suit any reader.
Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote, London : Everyman’s Library, 1991.
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