Don Quixote Fourth Centenary Translation Tom Lathrop
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9781587263743 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9781587263743 Global Overview for this book
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" 'Down in a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to recollect, there lived, not long ago, one of those gentlemen who usually keep a lance upon a rack, an old buckler, a lean stallion, and a coursing greyhound....
The age of our gentleman bordered upon fifty years; he was of a strong constitution, spare-bodied, of a meagre visage, a very early riser, and a lover of the chase.'
Don Quixote is thus introduced to the world. He and his squire, the faithful Sancho Panza, ride off in search of giants to slay, fair maidens to honor, villains to rout, and glory to win.
And soon after their first appearance in 1604, they rode off into immortality, Don Quixote won Cervantes immediate popularity in Spain, was translated into English in 1616, and became one of the foundational works of Western literature. The good don has given us the word quixotic, meaning impractically romantic, and his adventures have been spun off and adapted hundreds of times.
His dream-quest, funny, pathetic and infuriating by turns, continues to inspire, and, above all, to entertain."
I ordered this book from paperbackswap.com because I'm going to see a performance of Don Quixote at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June and would love to read it before seeing the performance.
" 'Down in a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to recollect, there lived, not long ago, one of those gentlemen who usually keep a lance upon a rack, an old buckler, a lean stallion, and a coursing greyhound....
The age of our gentleman bordered upon fifty years; he was of a strong constitution, spare-bodied, of a meagre visage, a very early riser, and a lover of the chase.'
Don Quixote is thus introduced to the world. He and his squire, the faithful Sancho Panza, ride off in search of giants to slay, fair maidens to honor, villains to rout, and glory to win.
And soon after their first appearance in 1604, they rode off into immortality, Don Quixote won Cervantes immediate popularity in Spain, was translated into English in 1616, and became one of the foundational works of Western literature. The good don has given us the word quixotic, meaning impractically romantic, and his adventures have been spun off and adapted hundreds of times.
His dream-quest, funny, pathetic and infuriating by turns, continues to inspire, and, above all, to entertain."
I ordered this book from paperbackswap.com because I'm going to see a performance of Don Quixote at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in June and would love to read it before seeing the performance.
This book has been sitting on my shelf for far too long. Dropping off tomorrow at the Town's Book Give and Take. Hopefully it will travel and be loved.
