Don Quixote de la Mancha
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Paperback Oxford Worlds Classics English
By (author) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Translated by Charles Jarvis , Edited by E. C. Riley


Categories: Literary Studies: General Literary Studies: C 1500 To C 1800 Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers Contemporary Fiction Classic Books & Novels


Description
he thought it expedient and necessary that he should commence knight-errant, and wander through the world, with his horse and arms, in quest of adventures

Don Quixote, first published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, is one of the worlds greatest comic novels. Inspired by tales of chivalry, Don Quixote of La Mancha embarks on a series of adventures with his faithful servant Sancho Panza by his side. The novel has acquired mythic status and its influence on modern fiction is profound.


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Product details

Format Paperback | 1008 pages
Dimensions 128 x 195 x 45mm | 672g
Publication date 01 Aug 2008
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Statement Reprint
ISBN10 0199537895
ISBN13 9780199537891
Bestsellers rank 102,517