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Novel · 1605/1615

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

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Novel · 1605/1615 · Spanish · Renaissance

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

A gentleman reads too many romances and rides out to restore chivalry.

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The first modern novel and already its own critic: Part Two's characters have read Part One. The joke curdles into tenderness — the sanest ending in literature is also the saddest.

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