World Literature
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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray-he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants-Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together-and together they have haunted readers' imaginations for nearly four hundred years.
With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been generally recognized as the first modern novel. This Penguin Classics edition, with its beautiful new cover design, includes John Rutherford's masterly translation, which does full justice to the energy and wit of Cervantes's prose, as well as a brilliant critical introduction by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarriá.
Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray-he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants-Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together-and together they have haunted readers' imaginations for nearly four hundred years.
With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been generally recognized as the first modern novel. This Penguin Classics edition, with its beautiful new cover design, includes John Rutherford's masterly translation, which does full justice to the energy and wit of Cervantes's prose, as well as a brilliant critical introduction by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarriá.
Editorial Reviews
"The highest creation of genius has been achieved by Shakespeare and Cervantes, almost alone." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge "A more profound and powerful work than this is not to be met with...The final and greatest utterance of the human mind." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"What a monument is this book! How its creative genius, critical, free, and human, soars above its age!" -Thomas Mann
"Don Quixote looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through his sheer vitality....The parody has become a paragon." -Vladimir Nabokov
"What a monument is this book! How its creative genius, critical, free, and human, soars above its age!" -Thomas Mann
"Don Quixote looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through his sheer vitality....The parody has become a paragon." -Vladimir Nabokov
Readers Top Reviews
Kindle Jessica B.Tr
I wanted to add this book to my library after I was done reading it but the gold started flaking off the book cover almost immediately.
Terrapin
Thank you to John Rutherford, the brilliant translator of "this lovely book", as he calls it in his readable Introduction. His translation is vibrant, hilarious, modern and yet true to the original. His Translator's Note was a fascinating glimpse into the enormous challenges facing the brave person who takes on an epic work such as this. I simply cannot praise your work enough, Mr Rutherford. You have made Don Quixote accessible and welcoming to the modern English reader. I would also like to say a big Thank you to the wonderful readers of the Audible edition, who have done full justice to this great work. Thank you all!
Mark A.
This version is the orange clothbound edition embossed with yellow knights. The thing that sets this one apart from the other clothbound editions put out by Penguin is the printer did not put a nasty sticker on the back of the book which on other books in the series pulled off the embossing and left a stain on the cover of the book. They do listen to their buyers finally! This version is the Rutherford translation containing Part I and Part II in 1023 pages. The print is somewhat small but adequately sized and readable for me.
Nostrum Works
For anyone who has worried about stickers being placed on the other cloth bound books, fear no more. The books now come with the tag on a paper slip instead of being stuck to the book itself. Rejoice, and be glad that this issue has finally been addressed lol
