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Edward
Edward rated it 12 years ago
IntroductionFurther ReadingAcknowledgementsChronologyA Note on the Text--The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la ManchaNotes
Weltschmerz
Weltschmerz rated it 12 years ago
Ako želite da se uz neku knjigu smejete i plačete, nemojte čitati limunadaste bestselere domaćih spisateljica, čitajte ,,Don Kihota"! Ovo je knjiga koja me je kupila za sva vremena, knjiga posle koje sam morala da ćutim, a meni se to retko dešava. A da mi je neko pričao da će biti tako onda kada sam...
jbradway
jbradway rated it 12 years ago
Very pleasantly surprised by how engaging, sympathetic, and modern this novel is! I would jump right in to a sequel of equal length.
Reading Adler's List
Reading Adler's List rated it 12 years ago
Don Quixote is actually two books written about 10 years apart. Not only are they different books, but different Don Quixotes. The first is a blundering and arrogant madman. The second is a blundering and deferential madman. But it’s actually Sancho Panza who is the more interesting of the two. ...
Edgar's Books
Edgar's Books rated it 13 years ago
What begins as a middle-aged country gentleman absorbed with novels of chivalry deliberately evolves into a tale of purely imaginative knight-errantry in this highly influential work of the Spanish Golden Age. This first of modern novels was written in the experimental episodic form, allowing Don Qu...
TatianaBoshenka
TatianaBoshenka rated it 14 years ago
I don't really get this book at all, I don't think. I guess it was like one of the first things that resembled a novel that ever came out, when it came out. Maybe that's why it's so famous. But still, it must have something enduring to say for people to be still reading it today, mustn't it? The...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 15 years ago
Re-read details:Drama on 3- By Thomas D'Urfey.Don Taylor's radio adaptation of a play based on Cervantes's classic picaresque novel, commissioned to mark the 300th anniversary of Purcell's death in 1995. The play, with music by Purcell, Eccles and others, was first performed in 1694.Don Quixote .......
Between The Bookends
Between The Bookends rated it 16 years ago
Enjoyed this!
I only read when my OCD kicks in
I only read when my OCD kicks in rated it 17 years ago
I love this book. Cervantes had me rolling in stitches. I have often wondered if I am a modern day version of Don Quixote myself. Perhaps my brain has dried up from staying up to late reading away the night.
Nicole Reads
Nicole Reads rated it 25 years ago
Had to read it for school. Horribly tedious to get through.
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