Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Paperback, 1992) New Book Free UK Postage
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Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes
Series: Wordsworth Classics
Format: Paperback / softback 800 pages
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Imprint: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
ISBN: 9781853260360
Published: 5 May 1992
Classifications: Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation
Weight: 508g
Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 44 (mm)
Pub. Country:United Kingdom
Description
Cervantes’ tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games.
Supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the ‘books of chivalry’, this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. On his ‘heroic’ journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute Maritornes, who is commended for her Christian charity, to the Knight of the Green Coat, who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue.
Cervantes’ greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels, all suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out to encompass the reader, and does not leave the author outside its circle.
Peter Motteux’s fine eighteenth-century translation, acknowledged as one of the best, brilliantly succeeds in communicating the spirit of the original Spanish.
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| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 191571304 |
| Start Time | Sun 26 Apr 2020 21:08:01 (AEST) |
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| Item Condition | New |
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| Quantity | 10 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
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