Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Translated by Peter Anthony Motteux

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha 
Don Quixote de la Mancha

Don Quixote is a Spanish novel that portrays the life of Don Quixote de la Mancha, a Spanish man who seems to be losing his mind on his quest to become a knight.

The plot revolves around the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility. Hidalgo, who becomes obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read.

Don Quixote decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked, leading to a series of humorous and adventurous encounters.

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The work opens in a village of La Mancha, Spain, where a country gentleman's infatuation with books of chivalry leads him to decide to become a knight-errant.

The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, a skinny bachelor and a lover of chivalry romances, loses his mind and transforms into Don Quixote. A most valiant knight.

The novel had a major influence on literature and is known for its satirical take on the romantic ideals of chivalry.

The classic novel and literary masterpiece Don Quixote is a dose of idealism. Mixed in with madness and the contrast between fantasy and reality.