Summary of Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes (Book 1)

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About the original book:
Spanish nobleman, Don Quijote is the name chosen by Alonso Quijano for his adventures as a knight errant in the fictional work The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, the work of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes.
Don Quixote de la Mancha ”by Miguel de Cervantes is one of the top works of Spanish literature and world literature. Let's see some curious facts:

It is the most translated book after the Bible, with versions in more than 150 languages. Among the curious translations of the work are those published in the international Esperanto language and the version in Spanglish that Ilan Stavans has edited.
Don Quixote consists of two parts; the first was published in 1605 and the second in 1615.
It is the first modern novel and the first polyphonic novel (that is, with several voices).
Its influence has been such that critics have come to say that every subsequent novel rewrites Don Quixote or contains it implicitly.
Around the world, the anniversaries of its publication are celebrated with almost religious fervor.
Several passages were written in jail since Miguel de Cervantes spent some time there due to tax problems.
In 1989 a copy was sold for $ 1.5 million. It was a first edition in excellent condition and of which there are only a couple of copies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: C.B. Publishers
• Release date: Nov 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005496036

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PREFACE

Cervantes is often regarded as one of history's finest writers. Cervantes is frequently compared to Shakespeare. Both men have been dubbed national literary treasures for their contributions to writing during the golden ages Cervantes was writing alongside many literary giants, many of whom were more well-known in their own time than we are now.

Among them are Lope de Vega, Quevedo, and Calderon. According to the introduction to Book I, Quixote began thinking about the novel while incarcerated. Even after Book several, topic agree was done, Quixote had a difficult time finding a publisher. This publisher, Francisco Robles of Madrid, was hesitant to accept the book, and he decided not to get a copyright for Aragon or Portugal, supposing that Castile would suffice.

The book was a huge hit right away. Until the next year, when Cervantes secured the necessary copyrights, pirated books could be found in Valencia and Portugal. The novel's indictment of chivalric literature did not delight the nobility.

The most famous of Cervantes' contemporaries, Lope de Vega, was a harsh critic of Don Quixote. In 1607, a Brussels edition was released. In 1608, the novel's seventh edition was released in Madrid.

The earliest English translation of Don Quixote was done by Shelton in 1608, and it was published in 1612. John Philips, John Milton's nephew, re-translated Don Quixote in 1687, claiming that it was made in English according to the humor of our modern language.

In 1610, Milan followed, and in 1611, Brussels released their second version. Cervantes created other works in the interim, deferring his work on Book II. His Novel was dedicated to the Conde de Lemos and published in 1613. You shall see shortly the further exploits of Don Quixote and the senses of humor of Sancho Panza.

Quixote says in the prologue to Novelas. Cervantes was only halfway through Book II at this stage. Cervantes, ironically, aspired to be Spain's greatest dramatist. He desired to write a national epic drama, but his theatrical efforts were largely unsuccessful.

Cervantes had reached Chapter LIX of Book II in the fall of 1614. To his astonishment, he discovers a little book entitled Second Volume of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha: by the Licentiate Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda of Tordesillas. being printed in Tarragona. The final part of Chapter LIX, as well as most of Book II's subsequent chapters, is dedicated to Avellaneda.

Cervantes could see how his nine-year delay had set the stage for such calamity. Nonetheless, the venom in Avellaneda's introduction lacked any actual reason. Avellaneda taunts Cervantes with being old, with having lost his hand, with having been in prison, with being poor, with being friendless, accuses him of envy of Lope's success, of petulance and querulousness, and so on; and it was in this that the sting lay. as John Ormsby phrased it in 1885.

Critics are still perplexed as to who Avellaneda was (Avellaneda was only a nom de plume and not an actual person). Although Avellaneda's work does not approach Cervantes' genius, it is apparent that Avellaneda's counterfeit sequel made Book II a more timely and superior effort than would have been the case otherwise.

Cervantes died a few months later, in April 1616, after the collection was released at the end of 1615. Apart from the Bible, no other book has been translated into as many languages and editions as Don Quixote.

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