[Pocket Edition] World Literature Classics Library - Don Quixote (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: [Spanish] Miguel de Cervantes
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is a monumental work by the Spanish master Cervantes, a masterpiece of the Renaissance and a shining gem in the history of world literature. The protagonist, Don Quixote, is both detached from reality and fond of fantasy, attempting to imitate the life of a knight-errant; at the same time, he is kind-hearted and determined to eliminate evil in the world. He is a comical, pitiful, tragic, yet admirable character, an immortal archetype in humorous literature. Cervantes was one of the greatest novelists, playwrights, and poets of late 16th to early 17th-century Spain, an outstanding realist writer of the European Renaissance, hailed by authors such as Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, and Leo Tolstoy as the "Father of Modern Fiction." His works have had a profound influence on the development of European realist literature. Don Quixote is the Spanish literary masterpiece with the highest international prestige and the greatest impact, and one of the most brilliant treasures in the world's literary treasury. With its sharp satire and exaggerated artistic techniques, it holds an irreplaceable position in the history of world literature, earning the titles of "a work for world unity" and the "Bible of human nature." Don Quixote has also become one of the most iconic figures in the world's literary treasury. Don Quixote topped the list of "the best books in human history" in the U.S. magazine LIFE, was included in the personal ideal reading list compiled by the French magazine Le Monde de la Librairie, and was designated as a mandatory reading work by the newly issued General High School Chinese Curriculum Standards.