Don Quixote - Popular Edition of World Literary Classics

Author: Zhang Guanglin (Translation)
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Publishing Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This book is the Spanish literary masterpiece created by the great writer Miguel de Cervantes, which has gained the highest international prestige and has had a profound influence, having been passed down for 400 years. The novel depicts the protagonist, Don Quixote, attempting to bring justice and peace to the world through his imaginary chivalric code. He rides an old horse out to perform deeds of daring three times in succession, during which he hires a farmer neighbor, Sancho Panza, as his squire, and together they experience various extraordinary events such as the Battle of the Windmills, bravely rescuing a beauty, an encounter at an inn, and a fierce fight against a flock of sheep. He constantly makes a fool of himself, is tricked, and is defeated, only to awaken to the truth before his death. Through the humorous, endearing, and tragic character of Don Quixote, the novel successfully reflects the social contradictions and the people's desire for change in Spain at the time. Don Quixote is an immortal classic in Spanish literature and world literature. The work depicts Don Quixote, who is obsessed with chivalric novels, his desire to reform Spain in the imaginary path of chivalry and implements it in practice, only to be defeated and humbled everywhere until he finally realizes the truth before his death. The novel mercilessly exposes the feudal society of Spain