The History of Don Quixote, volume 1, Part 13
The most famous work by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. The seventeenth century “Don Quixote” is considered to be the first modern novel, and ranks with the best novels ever written. It combines amusement with the depth of thought and the strength of literary generalization. The novel describes the adventures of a ridiculous, eccentric, gaunt knight-errant astride his fallible steed, who lives in a world created in his imagination, cherishes the dream of h
...is ideal woman, Dulcinea, and deals with windmills, bedclothes, and much disappointment. The book has always been the object of an argument – some considered Don Quixote to be just a ridiculous parody, the others saw the devotee, who embodied the human spiritual nobleness. Nevertheless, being one of the most beloved stories of European literature, “Don Quixote” has pro-vided readers throughout the centuries with humorous, yet poignant, chivalric tales. Every epoch revealed some new facets in the hero, and reconsidered the character, what breathed new life into the book. This volume contains chapters XXXIII – XL.
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