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Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled as the first modern novel and one of the greatest ever written. Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world. The plot revolves around the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, an hidalgo (""Son of Someone""), from La Mancha named Alonso Quixano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he either loses or pretends to have lost his mind in order to become a knight-errant (caballero andante) to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote''s rhetorical monologues on knighthood, already considered old-fashioned at the time, and representing the most vivid realism in contrast to his master''s idealism. In the first part of the book, Don Quixote does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. When first published, Don Quixote was usually interpreted as a comic novel. After the French Revolution, it was better known for its central ethic that individuals can be right while society is quite wrong and was seen as a story of disenchantment. In the 19th century, it was seen as social commentary, but no one could easily tell ""whose side Cervantes was on"". Many critics came to view the work as a tragedy in which Don Quixote''s idealism and nobility are viewed by the post-chivalric world as insane, and are defeated and rendered useless by common reality. By the 20th century, the novel had come to occupy a canonical space as one of the foundations of modern literature.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), n Alcal de Henares, est un romancier, pote et dramaturge espagnol universellement clbre pour son roman Don Quichotte (1605-16), reconnu comme le premier roman moderne. Miguel de Cervantes est souvent considr comme la plus grande figure de la littrature espagnole. Il aimait dire: la plume est la langue de l'' me. Il est probable que La Galatea fut crite entre 1581 et 1583, c''est sa premire oeuvre littraire remarquable. En 1587, il voyage travers l''Andalousie en tant qu''intendant de l''Invincible Armada. Il parcourt nouveau le chemin entre Madrid et l''Andalousie, qui passe par la Castille et la Manche. Entre les deux parties du Don Quichotte, paraissent en 1613 les Nouvelles Eemplaires et Voyage de Parnasse en (1614). En 1615 il publie Huit Comdies et Huit Intermdes Nouveaux Jamais Reprsents.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), ne a Alcala de Henares, est un romancier, poete et dramaturge espagnol universellement celebre pour son roman Don Quichotte (1605-16), reconnu comme le premier roman moderne. Miguel de Cervantes est souvent considere comme la plus grande figure de la litterature espagnole. Il aimait a dire: "la plume est la langue de l''ame." Il est probable que La Galatea fut ecrite entre 1581 et 1583, c''est sa premiere oeuvre litteraire remarquable. En 1587, il voyage a travers l''Andalousie en tant qu''intendant de l''Invincible Armada. Il parcourt a nouveau le chemin entre Madrid et l''Andalousie, qui passe par la Castille et la Manche. Entre les deux parties du Don Quichotte, paraissent en 1613 les Nouvelles Eemplaires et Voyage de Parnasse en (1614). En 1615 il publie Huit Comedies et Huit Intermedes Nouveaux Jamais Representes.

Widely recognized as the first novel in European literature, this edition is an adaptation of the work written in two parts in Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translated by John Ormsby, and abridged and edited by Mabel F. Wharton, with dozens of footnotes to explain unfamiliar terms. Now younger students can enjoy the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, his squire, featuring the crazy knight on his broken-down old plow-horse, in his rusty armor, his helmet mended with bits of green ribbon, and portly Sancho, faithful, grumbling when hungry, cheerful when fed, shrewd and talkative, jogging behind him on Dapple, his sturdy mule, "the light of his eyes."

The story follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, an hidalgo who reads so many chivalric novels that he decides to set out to revive chivalry, under the name Don Quixote. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthly wit in dealing with Don Quixote''s rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote is met by the world as it is, initiating such themes as intertextuality, realism, metatheatre, and literary representation.

Få böcker har haft samma genomslag som ”Don Quijote av la Mancha”. Berättelsen om den excentriske don Quijote, som efter att ha läst för många riddarromaner börjar tro att han är en riddare, har fängslat läsare i över 400 år. Tillsammans med sin vän Sancho Panza ger han sig ut på äventyr för att rätta till alla orättvisor han ser i det spanska samhället – trots att hans omvärld ofta ser verkligheten genom helt andra ögon. Med humor, satir och värme skildrar Miguel de Cervantes en tragikomisk berättelse om galenskap, idealism och missförstånd. ”Don Quijote av la Mancha” är en klassiker som resonerar med alla som drömmer om att förändra världen, även om det ibland känns som att slåss mot väderkvarnar. Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) är en av Spaniens mest berömda författare genom tiderna. Hans verk blev stilbildande för den moderna romankonsten och har varit aktuell för läsare i alla tider.