Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes' foundational masterpiece of modern Western literature follows Alonso Quixano, an elderly Spanish noble who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and renames himself Don Quixote. Accompanied by his pragmatic squire Sancho Panza, he sets out to revive knighthood, fighting windmills he imagines as giants. The novel brilliantly blends slapstick comedy, tragedy, and meta-literary reflections on reality versus idealism.

Auteur : Miguel de Cervantes