Cervantes saw great success with the publication of his first volume, and appeared to have little desire to write a second volume until a different author wrote a spurious, inferior sequel. Today Don Quixoteâs two volumes are published as a single work, but their publication came ten years apart. After convincing his grubby servant, Sancho Panza, to join him as his squire, he embarks on an absurd and comic quest to do good and right wrongs. The story is of the eponymous Don Quixote, a country noble who, in his old age, reads too many chivalric romances and goes mad.

Ormsby as an annotator deftly explains obscure passages, gives background on the life and times of 1600s Spain, references decisions from other contemporary translators, and doesnât hold back from sharing his views on the geniusâand flawsâof Cervantesâ greatest work. This Standard Ebooks edition is believed to be the first ebook edition of Don Quixote to feature a full transcription of translator John Ormsbyâs nearly 1,000 footnotes. Not only is it widely considered the greatest Spanish literary work of all time, one of the greatest literary works in history, and a cornerstone of the Western literary canon, itâs also considered one of the firstâif not the firstâmodern novels. Part of the EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannicaâs Great Books of the Western Worldĭon Quixote is a novel that doesnât need much introduction. Standard EbooksĤ26,869 words (25 hours 53 minutes) with a reading ease of 45.16 (difficult) Translated by John Ormsby - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes