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The Portable Cervantes: Don Quixote plus 2 novels complete
The Portable Cervantes Don Quixote plus 2 novels complete Author:Translated by Samuel Putnam "Not less than three times in his or her life should everyone read Don Quixote," wrote Aubrey Bell in his book on Cervantes, "in youth, middle age and old age." This novel is the first modern novel and one of the greatest of all time. Before Cervantes, the narrative form had moved within a fixed orbit; he broke the mold "and introduced the ele... more »ment of dynamism," as Samuel Putnam observes in his introduction. The further genius of Cervantes' writing lies in its humanity, which, wedded to a soaring comic spirit, makes Don Quixote unique among works of literature.« less