Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
1) Don Quixote
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.2 - AR Pts: 91
Lexile measure
1410L
Language
English
Description
Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator." Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera....
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Don Quixote tells the story of a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless, destroy the wicked, and win the heart of his beloved Dulcinea. Seated upon his ever so lean horse, and accompanied by the pragmatic and faithful squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain seeking glory and grand adventure. Along the way the duo...
Author
Publisher
Franklin Library
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
"Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray?he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants?Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together-and together they have haunted readers'...
Author
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 29
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a middle-aged Spanish hidalgo who, under the influence of chivalric romances, sets out under the assumed name of Don Quixote to revive the chivalric tradition and improve the world. He is accompanied in his quest by his down-to-earth squire, Sancho Panza.
Author
Series
Penguin classics volume L10
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1950.
Lexile measure
1480L
Language
English
Description
The adventures of an idealistic country gentleman and his squire who set out, like knights of old, to search for adventure and to right wrongs.
Author
Series
European masterpieces in translation volume no. 1
Publisher
Cervantes & Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
13) The first part of the delightful history of the most ingenious knight, Don Quixote of the Mancha
Author
Series
Harvard classics volume 14
Publisher
P.F. Collier
Pub. Date
[1937]
Language
English