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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 531 pages

This is the first volume of Miguel de Cervantes's novel about Don Quixote, a gentleman from La Mancha who, inspired by books of chivalry, takes up arms as a knight and sets out with his squire Sancho Panza. It blends adventure and comedy with reflections on imagination and reality. Listen for its influential, humane storytelling.

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DON QUIXOTE
by Miguel de Cervantes
Translated by John Ormsby
Volume I.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS
OF THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
CHAPTER II WHICH TREATS OF THE FIRST SALLY THE INGENIOUS
DON QUIXOTE MADE FROM HOME
CHAPTER III WHEREIN IS RELATED THE DROLL WAY IN WHICH
DON QUIXOTE HAD HIMSELF DUBBED A KNIGHT
CHAPTER IV OF WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR KNIGHT WHEN HE
LEFT THE INN
CHAPTER V IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHT’S MISHAP
IS CONTINUED
CHAPTER VI OF THE DIVERTING AND IMPORTANT SCRUTINY
WHICH THE CURATE AND THE BARBER MADE IN THE LIBRARY OF
OUR INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER VII OF THE SECOND SALLY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT
DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
CHAPTER VIII OF THE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH THE VALIANT DON
QUIXOTE HAD IN THE TERRIBLE AND UNDREAMT-OF ADVENTURE
OF THE WINDMILLS, WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES WORTHY TO BE
FITLY RECORDED
CHAPTER IX IN WHICH IS CONCLUDED AND FINISHED THE
TERRIFIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE GALLANT BISCAYAN AND THE
VALIANT MANCHEGAN

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Contents

  1. DON QUIXOTE
  2. Translated by John Ormsby Volume I.
  3. CONTENTS
  4. TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
  5. SOME COMMENDATORY VERSES
  6. THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE
  7. DEDICATION OF PART I
  8. CHAPTER I.
  9. CHAPTER II.
  10. CHAPTER III.
  11. CHAPTER IV.
  12. CHAPTER V.
  13. CHAPTER VI.
  14. CHAPTER VII.
  15. CHAPTER VIII.
  16. CHAPTER IX.
  17. CHAPTER X.
  18. CHAPTER XI.
  19. CHAPTER XII.
  20. CHAPTER XIII.
  21. CHAPTER XIV.
  22. CHAPTER XV.
  23. CHAPTER XVI.
  24. CHAPTER XVII.
  25. CHAPTER XVIII.
  26. CHAPTER XIX.
  27. CHAPTER XX.
  28. CHAPTER XXI.
  29. CHAPTER XXII.
  30. CHAPTER XXIII.

and 30 more chapters

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