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This Halcyon Classics ebook contains both volumes of Miguel de Cervantes' classic epic DON QUIXOTE.This book includes an active table of contents and is DRM free. ... Read more

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A fictional account of the life of Don Miguel de Cervantes, this novel is full of heroic deeds, tireless action, espionage, extraordinary women and historical truth.Amazon.com Review
The narrator of this novel is no less than Miguel deCervantes, the creator of DonQuixote. Marlowe mixes the facts of the life of Cervantes with adventuresresembling those of the knight of La Mancha. Through illusion and reality, hepaints a passionate portrait of medieval Europe and North Africa in the 16thand 17th centuries when Islam, Judaism, and Christianity coexisted in fertileand chaotic, sometimes savage tension. In this imaginative tour-de-force,Marlowe convincingly speaks in the voice of Cervantes, who at one stage looksinto the future to witheringly mock the literary critics who judge his work. ... Read more

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Thoroughly engrossing
One of the best books I've ever read - it has humor, intelligence, and imagination - all woven together into a magnificent story that captures the reader from the very first sentence.

A pleasing novel with plenty to offer.
This picaresque novel is a sweeping historical/satircal/mock autobiography that should please readers with different interests.Marlowe's novel is a well researched historical story that shows the tensions bewtween the uperand lower class Spaniards as well as the stuggles among Christinas, Muslimsand Jews.These stuggles are highlighted by the section devoted to theAlgerian prison.marlowe deftly blends in satire throughout the novelwhose targets include literary critics, Lope de Vega, Christopher Marloweand even William Shakespeare.In addition to these two aspects, and mostimportantly, this is the life of Miguel de Cervantes, told to us by thewriter himself.Marlowe traces Cervantes's life and stuggles in a smoothnarrative that never loses pace.Cervantes becomes a tangible characterwho is passionate, depressed, humorous, bitter and ultimately successful. This novel becomes a highly accesible (auto)biography that combinesillusion and historical fact with well formed assumptions about Cervantes'slife.The only short coming of the novel is Marlowe's hinting at some keenphilosophy on writing but not carrying it through to any conclusion. Cervantes (Marlowe) should be more complete in his discussions on thecreative process and substance of quality literature.This is a fine novelthat should be read by anyone with an interest in Cervantes, Don Quixote dela Manch or the European Renaissance. ... Read more

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Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografia y titulo original: El ingenioso hidalgo Don Qvixote de la Mancha) es una novela escrita por el español Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Editado en 1605, es una de las obras más destacadas de la literatura española y la literatura universal, y una de las mas traducidas.

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Excellent product: Don Quijote
Arrived in perfect condition. Amazing price for a very nice book. Sharp looking hardcover. Awesome book, very satisfied.

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The Best Bio of Cervantes I've read.
I really find this an astonishing biography.The best of Cervantes I've read.I'm only halfway through it now but I know two things for sure: every last scintilla of telling information about Cervantes is up-to-date and included, and, that Prof. McCrory has a superb ability to find those larger patterns in a life and give them emotional and psychological meaning.There are moments when you look up and marvel at the tons of documents that must've been sifted to produce the simplest facts.Just to give one example among many, I understand for the first time what living in Esquivias meant to Cervantes, what it must've been like for him, and especially interesting, what it meant to be married to him.Prof. McCrory gives us an uncanny sense of what Catalina`s life was like, her financial and social situation, the impact her mother had on the marriage - and all this in a few quick lines.One never bogs down in this book with all that background information about Philip II or the Armada or the state of banditry along this road or that, as is common in other bios of Cervantes.We always know just enough to place things in context and see the influences acting on poor Miguel.I get, for the first time, a sense of his thought processes, the decisions he had to make, his real options, what the world looked like to him.This is (as much as possible) an intellectual biography as well.Superb work.

CERVANTES-THE GENIUS OF ALL WRITERS!
I HAVE BEEN A CERVANTES SCHOLAR ALL OF MY LIFE AND HAVE READ ALMOST ALL THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITER.THIS BOOK DOES JUSTICE TO HIS LIFE!THE DETAILS OF EVERY ASPECT OF CERVANTES'LIFE ARE ALL HERE.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL WHO LOVE DON QUIJOTE AND THE GREAT MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA!!!!!!! ... Read more

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcalá de Henares, 1547-Madrid, 1616). España.
Era hijo de un cirujano, Rodrigo Cervantes, y de Leonor de Cortina. Se sabe muy poco de su infancia y adolescencia. Aunque se ha confirmado que era el cuarto entre siete hermanos. Las primeras noticias que se tienen de Cervantes son de su etapa de estudiante, en Madrid.
En 1571 participó en la batalla de Lepanto, donde sufrió heridas en el pecho y la mano izquierda. Y aunque su brazo quedó inutilizado, combatió después en Corfú, Ambarino y Túnez. 
Desde 1606, tras la publicación del Quijote, fue reconocido como un escritor famoso y vivió en Madrid.

El texto de la presente edición ha sido editado siguiendo el Libro de estilo de Linkgua. Pretendemos, respetando las primeras ediciones, unificar y actulizar al máximo las palabras con grafía antigua. ... Read more

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Excellent Edition!
This is an excellent paperback edition. The novel is divided into two separate books, and this is book one.It has a very well-written introduction by John Jay Allen.Also, there are plenty of footnotes throughout the novel to help you enjoy this magnificent masterpiece of Spanish literature. ... Read more

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Launched simultaneously in Spain and the Americas, this work aims to divulge the great novel of Spanish Literature by means of a high quality, well-taken care of edition at a very reduced price. The book contains a prologue by Mario Vargas Llosa, an introductory text and complementary analysis by other academics, along with an extensive glossary of terms that will help readers get to know Cervantes’ language. This beautiful hardbound edition is 5 x 8 inches, 1360 pages of fine biblical Italian paper, and will be sewn at the spine with fine vegetable thread. This work constitutes, without a doubt, the most complete, serious, high quality commemorative edition.

Having an immediate success when first published 400 years ago, and with its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been recognized as the world’s first modern novel. Don Quixote tells the story of a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless, destroy the wicked, and win the heart of hisbeloved Dulcinea. Seated upon his ever so lean horse, and accompanied by the pragmatic and faithful squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain seeking glory and grand adventure. Along the way the duo meet a dazzling assortment of characters whose diverse beliefs and perspectives reveal how reality and imagination are frequently indistinguishable. ... Read more

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Great Don Quijote edition, although...
Well, this book is awesome. I mean, it has it all! Facsimile reproductions from the original edition, full of commentaries from great scholars, summaries, a plot line graph, to name some! What I might complain is the fact that it was too damaged (more than I'd have expected from the seller's description); torn pages, loose spine, among other characteristics. Overall, great product, and if you're a Spanish-speaking person, and obviously a literature-lover, you'll definitely love this! Highly recommended!

Don Quijote
A piece of art; additional footnotes enhances the reading experience and transports you to La Mancha!

400 años and still a jewel
Por fin me decidí a leer este clásico. Por muchos años anduve postergando el hacerlo. Una porque pensaba que el castellano sería algo aburrido debido a que ya han pasado 400 años. Pero no, después de unos cuantos capítulos me acostumbré a los verbos ya en desuso. Las notas al pie de las páginas han sido muy útiles. La belleza de la lengua de Don Quijote, aunque parezca rimbombante, en contraste con la de Sancho Panza y sus moralejas, me hicieron disfrutar mucho la lectura.
Los artículos al principio del libro escritos por personajes conocidos en el ámbito literario, ayudaron a crear el ambiente necesario para leer la novela y entender las motivaciones de Cervantes y los acontecimientos de la época en que la escribió. Trajo a la memoria a mi profesor de literatura del colegio, un cura español, que nos enseñó cómo se debía leer un libro, pues no sólo está uno leyendo una novela, sino muchas veces, el sentir de una época, las costumbres, los acontecnientos sociales y políticos. En aquella época los libros a publicarse tenían que ser aprobados por el rey y la iglesia. Esto hacía de los escritores que querían a través de la pluma denunciar las penas y los abusos de esa época, unos artífices.
El Quijote son dos libros, publicados unos 10 años aparte uno del otro.
El primer volumen fue todo un éxito; tal es así que hubo un plagiador, de quien Cervantes hizo mofa en los primeros párrafos del segundo volumen.
Recomiendo altamente esta edición; me parece fabuloso que ella no haya tratado de modernizar el castellano. ¡Una belleza de obra!

Don Quijote de la Mancha
Thanks, is a classic, is special for me, I read 40 years ago, and now I felt to read and enjoy his lexicon and fantasy.

A must read!
The book should be a mandatory reading at university level.
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Lope tuvo que reconocer la ejemplaridad de las novelas cervantinas, por mas a reganadientes que lo hiciese, en el sentido de que el unico modelo a seguir en Espana, el unico que el puede recordar y citar es Miguel de Cervantes. Para escribir novelas cortas habia que modelarse en las de Cervantes, que en este sentido eran ejemplares. Detras de Cervantes, en Espana, no habia nada. Y esto lo sabia muy bien el manco sano, como lo demuestra cada linea del prologo que el puso a sus novelitas. (De la Introduccion de Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce) ... Read more

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Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. You haven't experienced Don Quixote in English until you've read this masterful translation.

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A wonderful surprise
I picked up a copy of this translation because I felt that never having read Don Quixote was a deficiency in my education.I didn't expect much.The writing flows and the story is fun; if I didn't know better, I would have assumed that the book was originally written in English.As I read, I was ticking off in my mind all the great novels that are in some way derived from Don Quixote.That the characters in book two had read book one made the story even more amusing.Highly recommended.

A CLASSIC IS FOREVER A CLASSIC
DON QUIXOTE is 400 years old this year and Edith Grossman has given us a splendid NEW translation of this best of the best so treat yourself and read or reread this book. With disturbing news coming at us every minute,let go and ride along with Don Quixote and Pancho as they save the world from evil. It is easy to read,hilarious,and written for 2010 as much as for 1610.

Simply the best book of all time
Having never read Don Quixote, I was amazed at how a book written this long ago can be this fun.It can be funny, light, and silly; but also poignant, deep, and moving.The individual stories Don Quixote discovers as he meets people during his exploits are like individual life lessons, and sometimes even deeper philosophical narratives.And while almost everyone Quixote encounters quickly realizes he is mad, he still has a profound impact on almost all who cross his path.

What I found the most fascinating is the relationship between Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza, because it essentially ties the entire story together.Is Sancho the true philosopher of the two, like Plato to Socrates, or is he just a simple side-kick that loves proverbs?Does he eventually believe his master's delusions, or is he just accepting them because it continues to offer him the opportunity of financial gain and adventure?Sancho goes from seeming like a frightened child, to soliloquies worthy of a great thinker.Sancho betrays Don Quixote from time to time, but it always seems as though he's doing it to move the adventure further.

While this book is light and easy to read, I suspect every chapter could take up a week in a college literature course, there is that much going on.

I loved Don Quixote, and plan to re-visit it every few years.If you haven't read many classics, this would be a great one to start.Now I understand why Don Quixote tops almost every list of the greatest works of fiction.

Important Literature...
I must apologize in advance for giving such an important work of literature 3 stars.This book is unquestionably one of the greatest works of literature.I have no criticism for the book in that regard.

This book was entertaining at times and very innovative.It was full of humor, drama, and bits of wisdom.However, it left me bored after the first few hundred pages.I kept with the book to the end, but it was hard to keep trucking since it seemed to be much of the same thing over and over again.Also, I ended up enjoying Don Quixote's sidekick, Sancho Panza more that Don Quixote himself.This is definitely one case where I'd recommend an abridged version over the full version.For this book, there is no need to read the full 940 pages as half that much would do the trick.

Enchanting Errancy
Enchanting Errancy

Don Quixote is the greatest novel ever, marking a decisive point in the emergence of the modern mind and setting the foundation for methods of satire, drama, comedy and cultural analysis.Old-fashioned style can make great classics less accessible.Edith Grossman's superb translation of Don Quixote completely overcomes this problem, with a reading as modern and engaging as anything written today.

The Man of La Mancha, Don Quixote, sets his own rational but groundless imagination against the power of observation by the senses, achieving a hallucinatory faith that his waking dreams are real.His power to convince himself that flocks of sheep are armies and windmills are giants mocks all imaginative stories that conflict with evidence.Cervantes is decisively modern in his assertion that evidence is a stronger guide than authority, a suggestion strongly at odds with church dogma.Don Quixote is an absurd literary character.With this magnificent creation, Cervantes is a pioneer in the modern disjunction between observation and cognition.Absurdity emerges in his fictional satire of traditional values.

Cervantes created Quixote with close attention to the opportunity afforded for a study of the psychology of madness.The source of Quixote's insanity is said to be his love of chivalry, and chivalric literature, and his resulting desire to live the noble life of a knight errant.The picture painted is of a madman fantasizing about armed service to defend the needy in a land at peace.The military knight in arms was a throwback to the medieval time and the Dark Ages of the Gothic conquest of Spain.However, what is the subtext?

Spain had conquered South America in consort with Portugal a century before Cervantes wrote Don Quixote, through force of arms and disease.So, the picture of a man at arms in Spain was not as anachronistic as Cervantes paints, but merely displaced across the Atlantic Ocean.The adventures of Quixote and his trusty servant Sancho Panza bear comparison with the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas.The tradition of chivalry seemed irrelevant from the civil society perspective of mercantile Spain, but at that very time, military leaders steeped in a chivalric tradition, but willing to employ any means for conquest and plunder, were expanding the Spanish Empire on behalf of the Crown and people of Spain.Military conquest on such large scale requires a touch of Quixotic madness.

Many stories from chivalry inform Don Quixote.One is The Madness of Sir Lancelot.A motif borrowed by Cervantes from this tale is the knight wearing only a ragged shirt who is lost by himself in the wilderness for love of a beautiful woman.Don Quixote copies this and other actions of Lancelot, going above and beyond the legacy of the father of the grail knight by performing several cartwheels while in his state of melancholy undress, as part of his quest to typify knighthood.

Don Quixote has my sympathy. Sent mad by reading too many fictitious old books, he stands as the embodiment of chivalrous virtue (except for his murderous actions) in an age of squalor. The absurdity inherent in maintaining chivalrous values in a world of modern machines is captured by the famous story of Don Quixote tilting at a windmill, breaking his lance and being tossed from his horse by the turning blade.Using absurdity to mock chivalry is a method that inspired an illustrious modern tradition of satire.The British comedians Monty Python borrow from Cervantes in important respects in the movie The Quest for the Holy Grail. Python King Arthur's lines are modeled on Quixote's formal mode of address, and the Black Knight copies Quixote in seeking to prevent the passage of innocent travelers by threatening death by sword and collapsing into madness and absurdity in his "none shall pass" caper.

Cervantes points out that his writing method, claiming to improve an Arabic text of unknown provenance, shares much with the chronicles of chivalry. We might note his method shares much with older texts as well, such as the Bible, that are also reputed to be history, and that have as much claim to be fact as the celebrated Man of La Mancha.It is always helpful to claim that a book (like the Bible) is 'based on a true story', and this method is at the core of Cervantes' satirical style.Cervantes takes the opportunity of his entertaining buffoonery to satirise the entire courtly world of Holy Spain, safe in the modern confidence that his deft style can deflect any claims of impiety and other unwelcome attention from censors and critics.

At one point, a priest and a servant conspire to burn all Don Quixote's books.The book burning drips with irony. The reader is invited to think, if reading books is this bad, why did Cervantes write such a fat book, so full of literary allusions, and why the hell am I reading it? I'm sure there is a strong political message in this episode, as book burning was associated with the auto-da-fe, the 'act of faith' where the Inquisition burnt heretics at the stake. Cervantes is condemning book burning as the act of idiots, with the vacillation of the priest showing his recognition that his complicity was an immoral piece of cultural vandalism.The overt message of the book-burning is that Don Quixote has sent himself mad by reading rubbishy fiction books and believing they are factual, therefore any sensible person will avoid reading entirely and will stick to practical activity. However, Cervantes himself is obviously steeped in this chivalric tradition that he affects to despise, and seems to think people can learn something from tales of knight errantry, perhaps rather like the popular pulp romances of today which may give psychological insights for all their formulaic wish-fulfillment. So the irony is that the surface language of the book-burning episode presents the consignment to the flames as a necessary and ethical task, while just below the surface is the disturbing sense that here we see wanton vandalism and loss of values that the destroyers (except the priest) are unable to comprehend.

The deeper irony is the critique of Christian theology. Christians have been among the greatest book-burners in history, largely responsible for the amnesia of the dark ages which set the scene for knight errantry, such as the legendary burning of the great classical library of Alexandria in Egypt. Cervantes is reconstructing a continuity with classical civilization. Stories from Homer and Ovid were common coin among the literary elite of his day but are now forgotten by our contemporary equivalents of book burners. Christians, by believing in miracles, are just like Don Quixote, and deserve the same level of incredulity about their insanity as his amazed onlookers give to the Knight of the Sorrowful Face. But the Bible was off limits for mockery. Don Quixote himself later says he would like to burn at the stake anyone who suggests that chivalric literature is not 100% factual. So the surface message is that Christian civilization can mock the fantasy world of chivalry, but the unstated irony is that Christianity is just as fantastic as the delusions it mocks. ... Read more

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