Don Quixote of the Mancha

Don Quixote of the Mancha is a classic novel written by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. This book is the fourteenth volume of the Harvard Classics series and contains the complete text of the novel. The story follows the adventures of a man named Alonso Quixano, who becomes so obsessed with tales of chivalry and knights that he loses his grip on reality and sets out on a quest to become a knight himself. He takes on the name Don Quixote and sets out on a series of misadventures with his loyal squire, Sancho Panza. Throughout the novel, Don Quixote encounters a variety of characters and situations, from fighting imaginary giants to falling in love with a peasant woman named Dulcinea. The novel is a satirical take on the romanticized ideals of chivalry and knighthood, and it also explores themes of reality versus illusion and the power of imagination. Overall, Don Quixote of the Mancha is a timeless classic that has influenced literature and culture for centuries. This edition, as part of the Harvard Classics series, offers readers the opportunity to experience the full text of the novel in a high-quality, authoritative format.1909. Edited by Charles W. Eliot. Contents: The First Part of the Delightful History of the Most Ingenious Knight. The present volume contains the whole of the first part of the novel, which is complete in itself. The second part, issued in 1615, the year before his death, is of a nature of a sequel, and is generally regarded as inferior. In writing his great novel, Cervantes set out to parody the romances of chivalry. With reference to the fiction of the Middle Ages, it is a triumphant satire; with reference to modern novels, it is the first and the most widely enjoyed.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.