Don Quixote

Miguel Cervantes

Jan 2003 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

The prize-winning translation of Miguel de Cervantes's mock-epic masterwork

Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray, tilting at windmills, fighting with friars, and distorting the rural Spanish landscape into a fantasy of impenetrable fortresses and wicked sorcerers. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the first modern novel, Don Quixote is a wonderful burlesque of the popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.

John Rutherford's landmark translation of Don Quixote won the 2002 Premio Valle Inclan prize for translation. His introduction discusses the traditional works parodied in Don Quixote and issues of literary translation.

'John Rutherford makes Don Quixote funny and readable ... His Quixote can be pompous, imposingly learned, secretly fearful, mad and touching' Colin Burrow, The Times Literary Supplement

Ratings and reviews

Got this classic from Google Play Books with the complementary £3 discount, it only cost me £0.99! Looking forward to reading it again after many years.

This is definitely a book to be read in one single day, or why not over the course of a few nights prior to going to bed. It teaches us a lot about dreams, reality, tough love, knights and how to get over it and get things done while there is still time to be appreciated.

Absolutely phenomenal, Marvels heroes of today couldn't contend again the mighty arm of Don Quixote and the strength of Sancho Panza. (unless they have a blanket)

About the author

Miguel Cervantes (Author)
Miguel de Cervantes Saaverda's (1547-1616) life was occupied with a struggle to earn a livelihood from literature and humble government employment. As well as Don Quixote, he wrote a number of plays and a collection of highly accomplished short stories, Exemplary Tales (1613).