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Don Quixote [a] [b] [c] is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel [2] [3] and the greatest work ever written. [4] [5] Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world ...
Juan Pérez de Viedma, the brother of Ruy Perez; Clara de Viedma, the daughter of Juan Pérez; Don Luis, a young man in love with Clara de Viedma. Tom Cecial (Tomé Cecial), a neighbor of Sancho and the squire of Samson Carrasco, when he is disguised as "The Knight of the Mirrors". Don Diego de Miranda, a learned hidalgo who hosts Quixote and ...
Alonso Quijano/Don Quixote is the leading character of the 1605/1615 novel Don Quixote de la Mancha, written by Miguel de Cervantes . At the outset of the work (Chapter 1 of Part I) we are informed that there is confusion about what his name is. Some (imaginary) authors, the text says, disagree about whether his name was Quijada ("jaw") or ...
Ricote is a fictional character who is referred to in Miguel de Cervantes ' novel Don Quixote. He was a wealthy ( rico meaning "rich" unloved Spanish) Morisco shopkeeper and old friend of Sancho Panza, who was banned from Spain in 1609 like all Moriscos. The expulsion of the Moriscos was a highly topical issue at the time when Don Quixote was ...
Detail of the Cervantes monument in Madrid ( L. Coullaut, 1930) Rocinante ( Spanish pronunciation: [roθiˈnante]) is Don Quixote's horse in the two-part 1605/1615 novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. In many ways, Rocinante is not only Don Quixote's horse, but also his double; like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged ...
The novel Don Quixote (/ ˌ d ɒ n k iː ˈ h oʊ t iː /; Spanish: Don Quijote ⓘ, Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha) was written by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quixote is one of the most influential works of literature from the Spanish Golden Age ...
Don Quixote is a 1955 sketch by Pablo Picasso of the Spanish literary hero and his sidekick, Sancho Panza. It was featured on the August 18–24 issue of the French weekly journal Les Lettres Françaises in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the first part, published in 1605, of the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote .
He was a soldier, writer of novels, poems, and plays, and an accountant and tax collector. One of the greatest authors of Spanish literature, he became internationally known for his novel, Don Quijote, the Man of la Mancha (Don Quijote de la Mancha). Cervantes wrote a series of twelve novellas which include "The Deceitful Marriage" and "The ...