Don Quixote (Volume 1 and 2) (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Miguel de Cervantes (Spain)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Don Quixote describes a seemingly absurd knight, but it is not just a satirical novel about chivalric literature. It is quite different from other literary works. From the perspective of creative techniques, its inherent duality, or its various strong contrasts, perhaps illustrate this point. The protagonist is a madman who ignores social reality and dreams day and night to restore the chivalric code; but as described in the book, as long as it does not involve the chivalric code, he is very clear-headed and wise, and often has a far-sighted perspective to criticize and praise the flaws of the times, revealing many subtle truths. Some critics have said that Cervantes maximally unleashed human imagination in Don Quixote, inventing various unconventional adventures. However, the book almost adopts a documentary style to record historical events. The Battle of Lepanto described in the book is a very famous battle in world history. At that time, Spain and Venice formed a "Holy League," and in 1571, they fought an extremely fierce battle against the powerful navy of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Lepanto in the Aegean Sea, weakening the naval power of the Turks and leaving a glorious page in history.