The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ; translated with an introduction and notes by John Rutherford.
Contributors: Rutherford, John, 1941-
Series: BDA-8647
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1022
Work titles: Don Quixote.
Description: Miguel de Cervantes's mock-epic masterwork, "Don Quixote" was voted the greatest book of all time by the Nobel Institute, and this "Penguin Classics" edition is translated with an introduction and notes by John Rutherford. "Don Quixote" has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray, tilting at windmills, fighting with friars, and distorting the rural Spanish landscape into a fantasy of impenetrable fortresses and wicked sorcerers. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.