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Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote is a novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The novel was published in two parts: The First Part, 1604; the Second Part, 1614.
Don Quixote
What can anyone say about Don Quixote that hasn't been said? The book's been around for four hundred years, has inspired virtually every literary movement from the eighteenth-century picaresque to the most obscure works of twenty-first century postmodernism, and has provided the impetus for critical works by everyone from Thackeray to Ortega y Gasset. Read more from this review, by John Thornton.
Don Quixote
Read the story of "Don Quixote," by Miguel de Cervantes.
Don Quixote de la Mancha - Books About
"Don Quixote," by Miguel de Cervantes, was the first European novel, published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. It was not the first work of Cervantes, nor was it his last... But, it was his best. The book was named the best work of fiction ever written by leading authors.

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