num_pages: 1052
description: Here presented complete and unabridged, in the memorable Walter Starkie translation, is the epic tale of the most illustrious Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful, long-suffering squire, Sancho Panza. Their adventures in the picaresque world of sixteenth-century Spain for the basis of one of the great treasures of Western literature, both an immortal satire on an outdated chivalric code and a biting portrayal of an age in which nobility can be only a form of madness. Imbued with irrepressible comedy and superbly balanced irony, Don Quixote stands as a reflection of a vision ever rich in meaning and as the product of an artistry inexhaustible in delight. It is, as Walter Starkie writes, "the first modern novel in the world, created out of a life if disillusion, privation, and poverty by a maimed ex-soldier...whose noble nature and gentle sense of humorous tolerance taught him that life is an unending dialogue between a knight of the spirit who is ever striving to soar aloft, and a squire who clings to his master and strives with might and main to keep his feet firmly planted on the ground."
language: English
title: Don Quixote: Unabridged Edition
titlecomplete: Don Quixote: Unabridged Edition
characters: Sancho Panza, Don Quijote de la Mancha
genres: Literature, Classics, Adventure, Novels, Spain, Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Humor, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 261122
places: La Mancha, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
category: Best Adaptation from Another Medium & Best Humor Publication, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ
category: Ισπανόφωνη Λογοτεχνία, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Premio Valle-Inclán
category: John Rutherford
publisher: Signet Classics