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'''Don Quixote''' (Don Quijote in modern Spanish) is a tragi-comic novel by [[Miguel Cervantes]], written in two parts in the late 16th and early 17 century and often considered one of the greatest of all time.
'''Don Quixote''' (''Don Quijote'' in modern Spanish; pronounced either 'key-ho-tay' or 'quick-sote' in English) is a tragi-comic novel by [[Miguel Cervantes]], written in two parts in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is often considered to be both the first modern novel, and one of the greatest novels of all time.
Its protagonist is a minor aristocrat who has read rather rather too many books of [[chivalry]] and imagines himself a knight battling supernatural and mythological beings in a mundane environment where they simply do not exist.
Its protagonist is a minor aristocrat who has read rather rather too many books of [[chivalry]] and imagines himself a knight battling supernatural and mythological beings in a mundane environment where they simply do not exist. He is aided by a faithful squire named Sancho Panza, who has sincere respect for his master, and believes that he will be richly rewarded for his faithful service. However, all other characters in the book are able to see Don Quixote for what he is - a deluded and rather pathetic middle-aged man.
The humor derives from his ability to contort everything he sees to a demented world view based on silly books - however it is a measure of Cervantes' skill as an author that we come to sympathize with Don Quixote more than those who mock him, as much as the latter may be correct.
The humor derives from Don Quixote's ability to contort everything he sees to a demented world view based on silly books - however it is a measure of Cervantes' skill as an author that we come to sympathize with Don Quixote more than those who mock him, as much as the latter may be correct.
The most often remembered by readers of Don Quixote is the instance when he attacked several windmills thinking that they were giants.
The episode most often remembered by readers of Don Quixote is the instance when he attacks several windmills, thinking that they are giants. The phrase 'tilting and windmills' has come to describe anyone who engages in a well-meaning but wholly futile endeavour.
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Books]]