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Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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30 hr 48 min read
Chapters
106 chapters

An inn becomes a castle, and a small house a palace, in the adventures of Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza.

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About this book

Don Quixote of La Mancha sets out from home as a knight, with adventures taking him through inns, villages, and the Sierra Morena. Beside him is his squire, Sancho Panza, whose practical objections meet his master’s lofty explanations. Even a midnight search for the lady Dulcinea becomes a dispute over what stands before them and how a knight should behave.

Their travels bring encounters with goatherds, rival knights, a curate, and a barber, while other people’s stories open within their own. Tales of love and captivity mingle with mishaps and discussions of arms, letters, and books of chivalry. This English translation by John Ormsby follows a wandering narrative in which grand claims continually meet awkward circumstances.

Why read this?

The comedy often lives in the dialogue: Don Quixote’s ceremonious certainty runs up against Sancho’s blunt questions. Stories within the story and playful chapter headings give this long novel a varied, companionable rhythm.

Contents

  1. Front matter2 min
  2. CHAPTER XXI — WHICH TREATS OF THE — EXALTED ADVENTURE AND RICH PRIZE OF MAMBRINO’S HELMET, TOGETHER WITH OTHER — THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO OUR INVINCIBLE KNIGHT2 min
  3. CHAPTER XXII — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE GRAND — ADVENTURE OF THE CAVE OF MONTESINOS IN THE HEART OF LA MANCHA, WHICH THE — VALIANT DON QUIXOTE BROUGHT TO A HAPPY TERMINATION2 min
  4. CHAPTER LXXII — OF HOW DON — QUIXOTE AND SANCHO REACHED THEIR VILLAGE0 min
  5. CHAPTER LXXIV — OF HOW DON QUIXOTE FELL SICK, — AND OF THE WILL HE MADE, AND HOW HE DIED102 min
  6. CHAPTER I — WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS OF THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN DON — QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA10 min
  7. CHAPTER II — WHICH TREATS OF THE FIRST SALLY THE INGENIOUS DON QUIXOTE MADE FROM — HOME12 min
  8. CHAPTER III — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE DROLL WAY IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE HAD HIMSELF — DUBBED A KNIGHT13 min
  9. CHAPTER IV — OF WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR KNIGHT WHEN HE LEFT THE INN13 min
  10. CHAPTER V — IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHT’S MISHAP IS CONTINUED9 min
  11. CHAPTER VI — OF THE DIVERTING AND IMPORTANT SCRUTINY WHICH THE CURATE AND THE BARBER — MADE IN THE LIBRARY OF OUR INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN14 min
  12. CHAPTER VII — OF THE SECOND SALLY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA26 min
  13. CHAPTER IX — IN WHICH IS CONCLUDED AND FINISHED THE TERRIFIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE — GALLANT BISCAYAN AND THE VALIANT MANCHEGAN11 min
  14. CHAPTER X — OF THE PLEASANT DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS — SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA10 min
  15. CHAPTER XI — WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH CERTAIN GOATHERDS11 min
  16. CHAPTER XII — OF WHAT A GOATHERD RELATED TO THOSE WITH DON QUIXOTE12 min
  17. CHAPTER XIII — IN WHICH IS ENDED THE STORY OF THE SHEPHERDESS MARCELA, WITH OTHER — INCIDENTS18 min
  18. CHAPTER XIV — WHEREIN ARE INSERTED THE DESPAIRING VERSES OF THE DEAD SHEPHERD, — TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS NOT LOOKED FOR15 min
  19. CHAPTER XV — IN WHICH IS RELATED THE UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURE THAT DON QUIXOTE FELL IN — WITH WHEN HE FELL OUT WITH CERTAIN HEARTLESS YANGUESANS15 min
  20. CHAPTER XVI — OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN IN THE INN WHICH HE TOOK TO — BE A CASTLE32 min
  21. CHAPTER XVIII — IN WHICH IS RELATED THE DISCOURSE SANCHO PANZA HELD WITH HIS MASTER, — DON QUIXOTE, AND OTHER ADVENTURES WORTH RELATING87 min
  22. CHAPTER XXII — OF THE FREEDOM DON QUIXOTE CONFERRED ON SEVERAL UNFORTUNATES WHO — AGAINST THEIR WILL WERE BEING CARRIED WHERE THEY HAD NO WISH TO GO22 min
  23. CHAPTER XXIII — OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE SIERRA MORENA, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE — RAREST ADVENTURES RELATED IN THIS VERACIOUS HISTORY24 min
  24. CHAPTER XXIV — IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIERRA MORENA52 min
  25. CHAPTER XXVI — IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE REFINEMENTS WHEREWITH DON QUIXOTE PLAYED THE — PART OF A LOVER IN THE SIERRA MORENA16 min
  26. CHAPTER XXVII — OF HOW THE CURATE AND THE BARBER PROCEEDED WITH THEIR SCHEME; TOGETHER — WITH OTHER MATTERS WORTHY OF RECORD IN THIS GREAT HISTORY34 min
  27. CHAPTER XXVIII — WHICH TREATS OF THE STRANGE AND DELIGHTFUL ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL THE — CURATE AND THE BARBER IN THE SAME SIERRA55 min
  28. CHAPTER XXX — WHICH TREATS OF ADDRESS DISPLAYED BY THE FAIR DOROTHEA, WITH OTHER — MATTERS PLEASANT AND AMUSING21 min
  29. CHAPTER XXXI — OF THE DELECTABLE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA, HIS — SQUIRE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS19 min
  30. CHAPTER XXXII — WHICH TREATS OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE’S PARTY AT THE INN14 min
  31. CHAPTER XXXIII — IN WHICH IS RELATED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY”40 min
  32. CHAPTER XXXIV — IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY”57 min
  33. CHAPTER XXXVI — WHICH TREATS OF MORE CURIOUS INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AT THE INN19 min
  34. CHAPTER XXXVII — IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE STORY OF THE FAMOUS PRINCESS MICOMICONA, WITH — OTHER DROLL ADVENTURES21 min
  35. CHAPTER XXXVIII — WHICH TREATS OF THE CURIOUS DISCOURSE DON QUIXOTE DELIVERED ON ARMS AND — LETTERS8 min
  36. CHAPTER XXXIX — WHEREIN THE CAPTIVE RELATES HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES16 min
  37. CHAPTER XL — IN WHICH THE STORY OF THE CAPTIVE IS CONTINUED.26 min
  38. CHAPTER XLI — IN WHICH THE CAPTIVE STILL CONTINUES HIS ADVENTURES41 min
  39. CHAPTER XLII — WHICH TREATS OF WHAT FURTHER TOOK PLACE IN THE INN, AND OF SEVERAL — OTHER THINGS WORTH KNOWING15 min
  40. CHAPTER XLIII — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE PLEASANT STORY OF THE MULETEER, TOGETHER WITH — OTHER STRANGE THINGS THAT CAME TO PASS IN THE INN20 min
  41. CHAPTER XLIV — IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURES OF THE INN50 min
  42. CHAPTER XLVII — OF THE STRANGE MANNER IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA WAS CARRIED — AWAY ENCHANTED, TOGETHER WITH OTHER REMARKABLE INCIDENTS20 min
  43. CHAPTER XLVIII — IN WHICH THE CANON PURSUES THE SUBJECT OF THE BOOKS OF CHIVALRY, WITH — OTHER MATTERS WORTHY OF HIS WIT16 min
  44. CHAPTER XLIX — WHICH TREATS OF THE SHREWD CONVERSATION WHICH SANCHO PANZA HELD WITH — HIS MASTER DON QUIXOTE14 min
  45. CHAPTER L — OF THE SHREWD CONTROVERSY WHICH DON QUIXOTE AND THE CANON HELD, — TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS13 min
  46. CHAPTER LI — WHICH DEALS WITH WHAT THE GOATHERD TOLD THOSE WHO WERE CARRYING OFF DON — QUIXOTE32 min
  47. Volume II10 min
  48. CHAPTER I — OF THE INTERVIEW THE CURATE AND THE BARBER HAD WITH DON QUIXOTE ABOUT — HIS MALADY22 min
  49. CHAPTER II — WHICH TREATS OF THE NOTABLE ALTERCATION WHICH SANCHO PANZA HAD WITH DON — QUIXOTE’S NIECE, AND HOUSEKEEPER, TOGETHER WITH OTHER DROLL MATTERS9 min
  50. CHAPTER III — OF THE LAUGHABLE CONVERSATION THAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE, SANCHO — PANZA, AND THE BACHELOR SAMSON CARRASCO39 min
  51. CHAPTER VI — OF WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS NIECE AND HOUSEKEEPER; — ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTERS IN THE WHOLE HISTORY11 min
  52. CHAPTER VII — OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER — VERY NOTABLE INCIDENTS14 min
  53. CHAPTER VIII — WHEREIN IS RELATED WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE ON HIS WAY TO SEE HIS LADY — DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO14 min
  54. CHAPTER IX — WHEREIN IS RELATED WHAT WILL BE SEEN THERE8 min
  55. CHAPTER X — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE CRAFTY DEVICE SANCHO ADOPTED TO ENCHANT THE LADY — DULCINEA, AND OTHER INCIDENTS AS LUDICROUS AS THEY ARE TRUE18 min
  56. CHAPTER XI — OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE CAR — OR CART OF “THE CORTES OF DEATH”12 min
  57. CHAPTER XII — OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE WITH THE — BOLD KNIGHT OF THE MIRRORS25 min
  58. CHAPTER XIV — WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GROVE22 min
  59. CHAPTER XV — WHEREIN IT IS TOLD AND KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE MIRRORS AND HIS — SQUIRE WERE4 min
  60. CHAPTER XVI — OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH A DISCREET GENTLEMAN OF LA MANCHA40 min
  61. CHAPTER XVIII — OF WHAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE IN THE CASTLE OR HOUSE OF THE KNIGHT OF — THE GREEN GABAN, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS OUT OF THE COMMON16 min
  62. CHAPTER XIX — IN WHICH IS RELATED THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENAMOURED SHEPHERD, TOGETHER — WITH OTHER TRULY DROLL INCIDENTS15 min
  63. CHAPTER XX — WHEREIN AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF THE WEDDING OF CAMACHO THE RICH, — TOGETHER WITH THE INCIDENT OF BASILIO THE POOR17 min
  64. CHAPTER XXI — IN WHICH CAMACHO’S WEDDING IS CONTINUED, WITH OTHER DELIGHTFUL — INCIDENTS49 min
  65. CHAPTER XXIV — WHEREIN ARE RELATED A THOUSAND TRIFLING MATTERS, AS TRIVIAL AS THEY ARE — NECESSARY TO THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF THIS GREAT HISTORY32 min
  66. CHAPTER XXVI — WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE DROLL ADVENTURE OF THE PUPPET-SHOWMAN, — TOGETHER WITH OTHER THINGS IN TRUTH RIGHT GOOD29 min
  67. CHAPTER XXVIII — OF MATTERS THAT BENENGELI SAYS HE WHO READS THEM WILL KNOW, IF HE READS — THEM WITH ATTENTION11 min
  68. CHAPTER XXIX — OF THE FAMOUS ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED BARK12 min
  69. CHAPTER XXX — OF DON QUIXOTE’S ADVENTURE WITH A FAIR HUNTRESS10 min
  70. CHAPTER XXXI — WHICH TREATS OF MANY AND GREAT MATTERS16 min
  71. CHAPTER XXXII — OF THE REPLY DON QUIXOTE GAVE HIS CENSURER, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS, GRAVE — AND DROLL28 min
  72. CHAPTER XXXIII — OF THE DELECTABLE DISCOURSE WHICH THE DUCHESS AND HER DAMSELS HELD WITH — SANCHO PANZA, WELL WORTH READING AND NOTING29 min
  73. CHAPTER XXXV — WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO DON QUIXOTE TOUCHING THE — DISENCHANTMENT OF DULCINEA, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MARVELLOUS INCIDENTS25 min
  74. CHAPTER XXXVII — WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE NOTABLE ADVENTURE OF THE DISTRESSED DUENNA4 min
  75. CHAPTER XXXVIII — WHEREIN IS TOLD THE DISTRESSED DUENNA’S TALE OF HER MISFORTUNES12 min
  76. CHAPTER XXXIX — IN WHICH THE TRIFALDI CONTINUES HER MARVELLOUS AND MEMORABLE STORY5 min
  77. CHAPTER XL — OF MATTERS RELATING AND BELONGING TO THIS ADVENTURE AND TO THIS — MEMORABLE HISTORY11 min
  78. CHAPTER XLI — OF THE ARRIVAL OF CLAVILEÑO AND THE END OF THIS PROTRACTED ADVENTURE21 min
  79. CHAPTER XLII — OF THE COUNSELS WHICH DON QUIXOTE GAVE SANCHO PANZA BEFORE HE SET OUT — TO GOVERN THE ISLAND, TOGETHER WITH OTHER WELL-CONSIDERED MATTERS10 min
  80. CHAPTER XLIII — OF THE SECOND SET OF COUNSELS DON QUIXOTE GAVE SANCHO PANZA12 min
  81. CHAPTER XLIV — HOW SANCHO PANZA WAS CONDUCTED TO HIS GOVERNMENT, AND OF THE STRANGE — ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE CASTLE17 min
  82. CHAPTER XLV — OF HOW THE GREAT SANCHO PANZA TOOK POSSESSION OF HIS ISLAND, AND OF HOW — HE MADE A BEGINNING IN GOVERNING14 min
  83. CHAPTER XLVI — OF THE TERRIBLE BELL AND CAT FRIGHT THAT DON QUIXOTE GOT IN THE COURSE — OF THE ENAMOURED ALTISIDORA’S WOOING7 min
  84. CHAPTER XLVII — WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE ACCOUNT OF HOW SANCHO PANZA CONDUCTED HIMSELF — IN HIS GOVERNMENT34 min
  85. CHAPTER XLIX — OF WHAT HAPPENED SANCHO IN MAKING THE ROUND OF HIS ISLAND40 min
  86. CHAPTER LI — OF THE PROGRESS OF SANCHO’S GOVERNMENT, AND OTHER SUCH ENTERTAINING — MATTERS17 min
  87. CHAPTER LII — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND DISTRESSED OR AFFLICTED — DUENNA, OTHERWISE CALLED DOÑA RODRIGUEZ14 min
  88. CHAPTER LIII — OF THE TROUBLOUS END AND TERMINATION SANCHO PANZA’S GOVERNMENT CAME TO12 min
  89. CHAPTER LIV — WHICH DEALS WITH MATTERS RELATING TO THIS HISTORY AND NO OTHER16 min
  90. CHAPTER LV — OF WHAT BEFELL SANCHO ON THE ROAD, AND OTHER THINGS THAT CANNOT BE — SURPASSED32 min
  91. CHAPTER LVIII — WHICH TELLS HOW ADVENTURES CAME CROWDING ON DON QUIXOTE IN SUCH NUMBERS — THAT THEY GAVE ONE ANOTHER NO BREATHING-TIME23 min
  92. CHAPTER LIX — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE STRANGE THING, WHICH MAY BE REGARDED AS AN — ADVENTURE, THAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE16 min
  93. CHAPTER LX — OF WHAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE ON HIS WAY TO BARCELONA25 min
  94. CHAPTER LXI — OF WHAT HAPPENED DON QUIXOTE ON ENTERING BARCELONA, TOGETHER WITH OTHER — MATTERS THAT PARTAKE OF THE TRUE RATHER THAN OF THE INGENIOUS5 min
  95. CHAPTER LXII — WHICH DEALS WITH THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED HEAD, TOGETHER WITH — OTHER TRIVIAL MATTERS WHICH CANNOT BE LEFT UNTOLD24 min
  96. CHAPTER LXIII — OF THE MISHAP THAT BEFELL SANCHO PANZA THROUGH THE VISIT TO THE — GALLEYS, AND THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF THE FAIR MORISCO19 min
  97. CHAPTER LXIV — TREATING OF THE ADVENTURE WHICH GAVE DON QUIXOTE MORE UNHAPPINESS THAN — ALL THAT HAD HITHERTO BEFALLEN HIM9 min
  98. CHAPTER LXV — WHEREIN IS MADE KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE MOON WAS; LIKEWISE — DON GREGORIO’S RELEASE, AND OTHER EVENTS11 min
  99. CHAPTER LXVI — WHICH TREATS OF WHAT HE WHO READS WILL SEE, OR WHAT HE WHO HAS IT READ — TO HIM WILL HEAR20 min
  100. CHAPTER LXVIII — OF THE BRISTLY ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE10 min
  101. CHAPTER LXIX — OF THE STRANGEST AND MOST EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON — QUIXOTE IN THE WHOLE COURSE OF THIS GREAT HISTORY10 min
  102. CHAPTER LXX — WHICH FOLLOWS SIXTY-NINE AND DEALS WITH MATTERS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE — CLEAR COMPREHENSION OF THIS HISTORY14 min
  103. CHAPTER LXXI — OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE SANCHO ON THE WAY TO — THEIR VILLAGE12 min
  104. CHAPTER LXXII — OF HOW DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO REACHED THEIR VILLAGE9 min
  105. CHAPTER LXXIII — OF THE OMENS DON QUIXOTE HAD AS HE ENTERED HIS OWN VILLAGE, AND OTHER — INCIDENTS THAT EMBELLISH AND GIVE A COLOUR TO THIS GREAT HISTORY9 min
  106. CHAPTER LXXIV — OF HOW DON QUIXOTE FELL SICK, AND OF THE WILL HE MADE, AND HOW HE DIED13 min

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