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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Modern Spanish:
El ingenioso hidalgo (in Part 2,
cavallero)
Don Quijote de la Mancha), or just
Don Quixote, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615,
Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled
the first modern novel and is sometimes considered the best literary work ever written.
The plot revolves around the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) from La Mancha named Alonso Quixano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant (
caballero andante) to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name
Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical monologues on knighthood, already considered old-fashioned at the time. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story.
The book had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas'
The Three Musketeers (1844), Mark Twain's
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Edmond Rostand's
Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), as well as the word
quixotic and the epithet
Lothario; the latter refers to a character in
El curioso impertinente (
The Impertinently Curious Man), an intercalated story that appears in Part One, chapters 33–35. The 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer cited
Don Quixote as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with
Tristram Shandy,
La Nouvelle Héloïse, and
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre.
When first published,
Don Quixote was usually interpreted as a comic novel. After the French Revolution, it was better known for its central ethic that individuals can be right while society is quite wrong and seen as disenchanting. In the 19th century, it was seen as a social commentary, but no one could easily tell
whose side Cervantes was on. Many critics came to view the work as a tragedy in which Don Quixote's idealism and nobility are viewed by the post-chivalric world as insane, and are defeated and rendered useless by common reality. By the 20th century, the novel had come to occupy a canonical space as one of the foundations of modern literature.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length37 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byZacharias Prewett
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
68Volume 2, Chapter 10
2Commendatory Verses
69Volume 2, Chapter 11
3Volume 1, Author's Preface
70Volume 2, Chapter 12
4Volume 1, Dedication
71Volume 2, Chapter 13
5Volume 1, Chapter 1
72Volume 2, Chapter 14
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6Volume 1, Chapter 2
73Volume 2, Chapter 15
7Volume 1, Chapter 3
74Volume 2, Chapter 16
8Volume 1, Chapter 4
75Volume 2, Chapter 17
9Volume 1, Chapter 5
76Volume 2, Chapter 18
10Volume 1, Chapter 6
77Volume 2, Chapter 19
11Volume 1, Chapter 7
78Volume 2, Chapter 20
12Volume 1, Chapter 8
79Volume 2, Chapter 21
13Volume 1, Chapter 9
80Volume 2, Chapter 22
14Volume 1, Chapter 10
81Volume 2, Chapter 23
15Volume 1, Chapter 11
82Volume 2, Chapter 24
16Volume 1, Chapter 12
83Volume 2, Chapter 25
17Volume 1, Chapter 13
84Volume 2, Chapter 26
18Volume 1, Chapter 14
85Volume 2, Chapter 27
19Volume 1, Chapter 15
86Volume 2, Chapter 28
20Volume 1, Chapter 16
87Volume 2, Chapter 29
21Volume 1, Chapter 17
88Volume 2, Chapter 30
22Volume 1, Chapter 18
89Volume 2, Chapter 31
23Volume 1, Chapter 19
90Volume 2, Chapter 32
24Volume 1, Chapter 20
91Volume 2, Chapter 33
25Volume 1, Chapter 21
92Volume 2, Chapter 34
26Volume 1, Chapter 22
93Volume 2, Chapter 35
27Volume 1, Chapter 23
94Volume 2, Chapter 36
28Volume 1, Chapter 24
95Volume 2, Chapter 37
29Volume 1, Chapter 25
96Volume 2, Chapter 38
30Volume 1, Chapter 26
97Volume 2, Chapter 39
31Volume 1, Chapter 27
98Volume 2, Chapter 40
32Volume 1, Chapter 28
99Volume 2, Chapter 41
33Volume 1, Chapter 29
100Volume 2, Chapter 42
34Volume 1, Chapter 30
101Volume 2, Chapter 43
35Volume 1, Chapter 31
102Volume 2, Chapter 44
36Volume 1, Chapter 32
103Volume 2, Chapter 45
37Volume 1, Chapter 33
104Volume 2, Chapter 46
38Volume 1, Chapter 34
105Volume 2, Chapter 47
39Volume 1, Chapter 35
106Volume 2, Chapter 48
40Volume 1, Chapter 36
107Volume 2, Chapter 49
41Volume 1, Chapter 37
108Volume 2, Chapter 50
42Volume 1, Chapter 38
109Volume 2, Chapter 51
43Volume 1, Chapter 39
110Volume 2, Chapter 52
44Volume 1, Chapter 40
111Volume 2, Chapter 53
45Volume 1, Chapter 41
112Volume 2, Chapter 54
46Volume 1, Chapter 42
113Volume 2, Chapter 55
47Volume 1, Chapter 43
114Volume 2, Chapter 56
48Volume 1, Chapter 44
115Volume 2, Chapter 57
49Volume 1, Chapter 45
116Volume 2, Chapter 58
50Volume 1, Chapter 46
117Volume 2, Chapter 59
51Volume 1, Chapter 47
118Volume 2, Chapter 60
52Volume 1, Chapter 48
119Volume 2, Chapter 61
53Volume 1, Chapter 49
120Volume 2, Chapter 62
54Volume 1, Chapter 50
121Volume 2, Chapter 63
55Volume 1, Chapter 51
122Volume 2, Chapter 64
56Volume 1, Chapter 52
123Volume 2, Chapter 65
57Volume 2, Dedication
124Volume 2, Chapter 66
58Volume 2, Author's Preface
125Volume 2, Chapter 67
59Volume 2, Chapter 1
126Volume 2, Chapter 68
60Volume 2, Chapter 2
127Volume 2, Chapter 69
61Volume 2, Chapter 3
128Volume 2, Chapter 70
62Volume 2, Chapter 4
129Volume 2, Chapter 71
63Volume 2, Chapter 5
130Volume 2, Chapter 72
64Volume 2, Chapter 6
131Volume 2, Chapter 73
65Volume 2, Chapter 7
132Volume 2, Chapter 74
66Volume 2, Chapter 8
133Closing Credits
67Volume 2, Chapter 9
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