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Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Author: Miguel de Cervantes, Smuel Putnam translator
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in 1547. His life was marked by a continual struggle againstpoverty and debt. While he was serving as a common soldier, his left arm was crippled in the battle of Lepanto (1571) and in 1575 he was taken prisoner by tne Moors and held in Algiers as a slave. Ransomed five years later, he returned to Spain and ...  more »
ISBN: 338437
Pages: 1,043
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Cervantes' great classic, a pioneer of the modern novel, is a highly amusing satirical romance of eccentric knight-errantry conducted in the region of La mancha, central Spain, and it has captured the imagination of generations since its publication in the early seventeenth century. The word "quixotic" has entered the English language deriving directly from the ineffectual adventures of Don Quiote in which his manifestly absurd chivalry is comically combined with generosity and futility.
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Michael York's theatrical reading in this abridged audio cassette makes this a very enjoyable "listen."
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A classic!
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I realize this is a classic, but I have yet to figure out why. To be perfectly honest, this is the worst book I've ever read.
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Copyright 1957
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The life and deeds of the Knight of La Mancha.
Four cassettes - Performed by Christopher Cazenove
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Classic - Don Quixote battles windmills.


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