Don Quixote

It may confidently be stated that ‘Don Quixote,’ by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, is the most widely read novel in the world. This Spanish novel was composed in 1615 and can be classified as one of the great works of literature, It reveals the topics of ideal and real worlds, and outstanding features of human character, through the story about a man who has an uncommon vision of the world.

This book narrates the travails of Don Quixote in his quest to restore chivalry and protect the vulnerable. Don Quixote with his trustworthy albeit realistic servant Sancho Panza sets out on different … adventures Don Quixote is in a state of psychosis, he attacks inanimate objects taking them for foes or oppression. The story that turns the head of Don Quixote with the most fame is when Don Quixote sees windmills and decides to fight with them as they are giants and get beaten up by their blades.

This is a world where Don Quixote has inspired vision consistently interferes with practicality. He often uses imagination that is idealistic and relied on to the point of leading to funny, and sometimes, terrible consequences. (of characters) Sancho Panza corresponds the realistic tone as an antagonist to Quixote, the dreamer opposite the realist.

One of the fundamental ways of construction in "Don Quixote" is to pit one thing against another, or more specifically, reality against illusion. Many times, their notion of an honorable and fair society depicts genuine life incorrectly. This contradiction is useful in presenting human nature because one cannot deny reality or accept the existence of a perfect world.

Another very dominant theme of the novel is discussing the essence of heroism. In the setting of the novel, Don Quixote imagines himself as a great knight, whose actions portrayed show the displeasing effects of following something because it was done in the past. Side by side with this there is an undertone in Cervantes which intimates that there is something very noble in Quixote’s tenacity and conviction to the righteousness of his fight even though he is looked at as a madman.

In various aspects of the novel, Cervantes is very satirical and witty. He very successfully mixed philosophical pursuits and comic material, so the novel is practically intellectual and funny at the same time. The choice of words is rather sophisticated, but the author manages to keep the flow of the narrative very coherent, so the book is not difficult to read for a layman at all; however, the amount of detail and the existence of multiple storylines is somewhat off-putting for many. However, due to the humor, and the insights it has given, it is a book worthy of being read.

“Don Quixote” is not merely a novel about a man who goes mad and sets out tonight errant: An illustrative case of a braying asin, by Alonso Quijano de la Mancha; a tale of a knight-errant, a true eccentric – If the reader heard of a madman who, leaving his home and relatives, wandered about the world with his imagination full of windmills, Thinking of its plot, it is for sure that this novel is rather old, though the issues described in it are still actual nowadays. A masterpiece of Cervantes’ literature is the fact that he combined humor with carefully implanted philosophical questions in his work "Don Quixote”.

If you read it for adventure, humor or there is something more even if you do not get its point, “Don Quixote” is an indispensable work. Its message about the dreaming and waking life is as deafening as in 1615.

Amit, the two main characters in this book and the different features within their personalities live, at times, in every human being. In splitting them, the author provides contrast and color, while walking the thin line between madness and down-to-earth sanity. This is universal, and is what makes this book a classic. Granted, it is not light stuff, though.

Yes, parts of the book are boring (e.g., lengthy poems), but the majority of it is hilarious. Don Quixote is such a loon but at times sounds perfectly normal. My favorite incident is when he paranoically destroys a puppet show. Sancho Panza is unfailingly funny. I love this book.

I could never understand the claim that this is a good book. I have read it first time while I was 14 years old and did not like it. At the age of 40 I have decided to give it yet another try, assuming that possibly I was too young when I first read it. Alas - same boredom. I am keen reader of books, in many literary styles and periods, and yet I could not find what was so good about it. What is it that make people think that this is a great book? I wander... maybe I will retry it at 80 if I am still around...

I could never understand the claim that this is a good book. I have read it first time while I was 14 years old and did not like it. At the age of 40 I have decided to give it yet another try, assuming that possibly I was too young when I first read it. Alas - same boredom. I am keen reader of books, in many literary styles and periods, and yet I could not find what was so good about it. What is it that make people think that this is a great book? I wander... maybe I will retry it at 80 if I am still around...

Appears to be complete two volume Quixote; it'sa 900 kb download. But has no index, which is awkward for this size of book. Consider going to source: PG.

Don Quixote may be a god book, but this book here -- at least the ePub download -- is a long long long piece on how the author has translated the original. WHERE THE HECK is the book itself? I'm on page 50 of 192 pages and the book hasn't even started.

This is NOT the Don Quixote by Cervantes. It's about the "Writing of" that book.

Please mark clearly and correctly so we don't waste our time downloading.

Don Quijote is the best book ever written. It beats Dostoievsky and Tolstoy. Even Shakespeare. The best work of fiction ever created.

A book written with a such a boldness. The author critises the monarchy. He loads the don with all the madness of humanity. By making us laugh at the don, he makes us see our reflection in his great work of prose.

Great book, very funny, especially if you have a droll sense of humor ;)