Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 60 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1547 1616 Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes De Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel Cervantes, Michel Saavedra, Miguel Cervantes Doré, Gustave 1832 1883 Dore, Gustave Doré, Louis Christophe Paul Gustave Doré, Louis Auguste Gustave Dorè, Gustave Ormsby, John 1829 1895 The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 34 HTML file Reading ease score: 51.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote Produced by David Widger "The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 34" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a classic novel written during the early 17th century. This humorous and satirical work follows the misadventures of Don Quixote, a nobleman who becomes unhinged by reading too many chivalric romances, and his practical squire, Sancho Panza. The story reflects on themes of reality versus illusion, the nature of heroism, and the folly of idealism, set against the backdrop of Spanish society at the time. In this part of the narrative, Don Quixote is eagerly anticipating a duel to defend the honor of a damsel, while Sancho Panza struggles with his own misfortunes after abandoning his short-lived governorship of an "island." As the story unfolds, Sancho accidentally falls into a pit while seeking shelter, only to be rescued later by Don Quixote and the duke and duchess. Meanwhile, the duke orchestrates a mock duel between Don Quixote and his servant, who unexpectedly yields out of a sudden infatuation. Throughout these escapades, the narrative interweaves comedic misfortunes and reflections on the complexities of honor and duty, ultimately portraying the absurdity of their respective quests. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction Picaresque literature Romances PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 90004 85180 2024-11-03T07:03:58.184410 2023-10-03T06:51:33.111945 text/html text/html 78212 2020-12-29T06:52:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2091209 2020-12-29T06:52:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1723555 2024-11-03T07:04:01.746429 application/epub+zip 1719721 2024-11-03T07:03:59.079427 application/epub+zip 102198 2024-11-03T07:03:58.473428 application/epub+zip 1762650 2024-11-03T07:04:03.817399 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1746549 2024-11-03T07:04:00.927398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135597 2022-09-03T09:25:29.122771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71691 71684 2024-11-03T07:03:57.959429 2023-10-03T06:51:32.933950 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 71500 2020-12-29T06:52:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27924 2020-12-29T06:52:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22830 2024-11-03T07:04:03.967405 application/rdf+xml 18664 2024-11-03T07:03:58.602417 image/jpeg 2554 2024-11-03T07:03:58.536412 image/jpeg 2109212 2024-11-03T07:03:58.238470 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia