The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha
By: Miguel de Cervantes ; translated by John Ormsby.
Contributors: Ormsby, John, 1829-1895.
Series: Great books of the Western World -- v. 29.; Great books of the Western world -- v. 29.
Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica; Encyclop©Œdia Britannica
Published: 1952
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Fiction -- 15th and 16th centuries
Other titles: Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Work titles: Don Quixote.
Description: The adventures of a middle-aged Spanish hidalgo who, under the influence of chivalric romances, sets out under the assumed name of Don Quixote to revive the chivalric tradition and improve the world. He is accompanied in his quest by his down-to-earth squire, Sancho Panza.