01775cam a22003493u 4500 2000 UtSlPG 20260610133052.0 m cr n 260607r1999||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG es iso639-1 PQ Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 Don Quijote Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1999 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote Release date is 1999-12-01 an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer and Joaquin Cuenca Abela "Don Quijote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a Spanish novel published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. A minor nobleman reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant, recruiting a simple farm laborer as his squire. Together they embark on adventures where windmills become giants and inns transform into castles. This founding work of Western literature explores the collision between fantasy and reality, as its idealistic hero confronts a world that refuses to match his imagination. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction Picaresque literature Romances https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2000 44108 44108