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Don Quixote
 

Don Quixote (P.S.)

by Miguel de Cervantes, Edith Grossman

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. You haven't experienced Don Quixote in English until... (read more)

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Liked It

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Tinky
  • Rated 5 stars

“The translation recommended by God (Harold Bloom). Wonderful satiric, picaresque adventures; the relationship between the Don and Sancho lives and breathes on the page and sears into the memory. Delightful. It's a classic that goes down easy, folks. Don't miss it.”

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Didn’t Like It

1 of 2 members found this review helpful.
Ian
  • Rated 2 stars

“Dry, allegorical in the extreme, and occasionally witty, but certainly not what I hoped for. I don't think I'm going to finish it. After a hundred pages, I was completely disenthused. The characters in Don Quixote smell too much like humanity and not enough like real people.”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.11257 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • audrey r

    audrey r said:

    “I love reading this book! I'm only halfway through, but on the occasion I take the time to read another adventure or two, it always puts a smile on my face. Not only are we entertained by this book in 2008, I'm amazed sometimes after I close it to realize how long it's been around and how many people these rich characters have affected. If you're a fan, visit the Quixote museum in Guanajuato, Mexico! I was just there, and although the book was written by a Spaniard, it really feels sometimes like he unknowingly wrote it for Mexicans.”

    posted Tuesday, March 18 2008
  • Donna C

    donna c said:

    “This is a very good translation. The recorded book is excellent.”

    posted Saturday, March 8 2008
  • Salil

    salil said:

    “A great epoch-making book. I adapted it for children which was published by a publisher here in Kolkata. I don't call it Thone Kehote. I call it by its English name - Don Quixote.”

    posted Tuesday, January 1 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Hava s

    hava s said:

    “I saw movie’s too. It is not just a comic book. We can see like those comic political characters in 21st century! They are not so far out of our life! ”

    posted Sunday, December 2 2007
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