![]() ![]() In the first part of the book, Don Quixote does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story meant for the annals of all time. He recruits as his squire a simple farm labourer, Sancho Panza, who brings a unique, earthy wit to Don Quixote's lofty rhetoric. The plot revolves around the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, a hidalgo from La Mancha named Alonso Quijano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant ( caballero andante) to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world and one of the best-selling novels of all time. ![]() Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel and one of the greatest works ever written. It was originally published in two parts, in 16. ![]() El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha at Spanish Wikisourceĭon Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. ![]()
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