Don Quixote de la Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ; translated by Charles Jarvis ; edited with an introduction and notes by E. C. Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.

Contributor:

Jervas, Charles, approximately 1675-1739.

Riley, E. C.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Don Quixote. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 973 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A highly entertaining comic novel, Don Quixote was published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. Nothing quite like it had been published before. Don Quixote, a poor nobleman from La Mancha in central Spain, has a passion for reading tales of chivalry, and is inspired to set off in search of adventure. To his fevered imagination, everyday objects seem to pose irresistible heroic challenges: the result is an extended and comic series of absurd exploits, which alsoraise questions about reality and illusion, fact and fiction.Don Quixote was Cervantes' belated but colossal literary success. It is a work which has achieved mythic status and is considered to have pioneered the modern novel. Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and the horse, Rocinante, are now archetypal figures in the literature of the West. This celebrated translation by Charles Jarvis conveys the flavour of the original Spanish, and the new introduction and notes provide essential background information.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Note on the Text

Select Bibliography

A Chronology of Cervantes and his Times

DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA

PART I

The Author's Preface

1. Which treats of the quality and manner of life of the renowned gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

2. Which treats of the first sally the ingenious Don Quixote made from his Village

3. In which is related the pleasant method Don Quixote took to be dubbed a knight

4. Of what befell our knight after he had sallied out from the inn

5. Wherein is continued the narration of our knight's misfortune

6. Of the pleasant and grand scrutiny made by the priest and the barber in our ingenious gentleman's library

7. Of the second sally of our good knight Don Quixote de la Mancha

8. Of the good success which the valorous Don Quixote had in the dreadful and never-before-imagined adventure of the windmills, with other events worthy to be recorded

9. Wherein is concluded, and an end put to the stupendous battle between the vigorous Biscainer and the valiant Manchegan

10. Of the discourse Don Quixote had with his good squire Sancho Panza

11. Of what befell Don Quixote with certain goatherds

12. What a certain goatherd related to those who were with Don Quixote

13. The conclusion of the story of the shepherdess Marcela, with other incidents

14. Wherein are rehearsed the despairing verses of the deceased shepherd, with other unexpected events

15. Wherein is related the unfortunate adventure which befell Don Quixote in meeting with certain bloody-minded Yangüeses

16. Of what happened to the ingenious gentleman in the inn, which he imagined to be a castle

17. Wherein are continued the numberless hardships which the brave Don Quixote and his good squire Sancho Panza underwent in the inn, which he unhappily took for a castle.

18. In which is rehearsed the discourse which Sancho Panza held with his master Don Quixote, with other adventures worth relating

19. Of the sage discourse that passed between Sancho and his master, and the succeeding adventure of the dead body

with other famous occurrences

20. Of the adventure (the like never before seen or heard of) achieved by the renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha, with less hazard, than ever any was achieved by the most famous knight in the world

21. Which treats of the high adventure and rich prize of Mambrino's helmet, with other things which befell our invincible knight

22. How Don Quixote set at liberty several unfortunate persons, who were being taken, much against their wills, to a place they did not like

23. Of what befell the renowned Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena, being one of the most curious and uncommon adventures of any related in this faithful history

24. A continuation of the adventure of the Sierra Morena

25. Which treats of the strange things that befell the valiant knight of La Mancha in the Sierra Morena

and how he imitated the penance of Beltenebros

26. A continuation of the refinements practised by Don Quixote, as a lover, in the Sierra Morena

27. How the priest and the barber put their design in execution with other matters worthy to be recited in this history

28. Which treats of the new and agreeable adventure that befell the priest and the barber in the Sierra Morena

29. Which treats of the beautiful Dorothea's discretion, with other very ingenious and entertaining particulars

30. Which treats of the pleasant and ingenious method of drawing our enamoured knight from the very rigorous penance he had imposed on himself

31. Of the relishing conversation which passed between Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza, with other incidents.

32. Which treats of what befell Don Quixote's whole company in the inn

33. In which is recited 'The Novel of the Curious Impertinent'

34. In which is continued 'The Novel of the Curious Impertinent'

35. The conclusion of 'The Novel of the Curious Impertinent', with the dreadful battle betwixt Don Quixote and certain wine-skins

36. Which treats of other uncommon accidents, that happened at the inn

37. Wherein is continued the history of the famous Infanta Micomicona, with other pleasant adventures

38. The continuation of Don Quixote's curious discourse upon arms and letters

39. Wherein the captive relates his life and adventures

40. In which is continued the history of the captive

41. Wherein the captive continues the story of his adventures

42. Which treats of what further happened in the inn, and of many other things worthy to be known

43. Which treats of the agreeable history of the young muleteer

with other strange accidents that happened in the inn

44. A continuation of the unheard-of adventures of the inn

45. In which the dispute concerning Mambrino's helmet and the pannel is decided

with other adventures that really and truly happened

46. In which is finished the notable adventure of the troopers of the Holy Brotherhood

with the great ferocity of our good knight, Don Quixote

47. Of the strange and wonderful manner in which Don Quixote de la Mancha was enchanted, with other remarkable occurrences

48. In which the canon prosecutes the subject of books of chivalry, with other matters worthy of his genius

49. Of the ingenious conference between Sancho Panza and his master Don Quixote

50. Of the ingenious contest between Don Quixote and the canon, with other accidents

51. Which treats of what the goatherd related to all those who accompanied Don Quixote.

52. Of the quarrel between Don Quixote and the goatherd, with the rare adventure of the disciplinants, which he happily accomplished with the sweat of his brow

PART II

Preface to the Reader

1. Of what passed between the priest, the barber, and Don Quixote, concerning his indisposition

2. Which treats of the notable quarrel between Sancho Panza and Don Quixote's niece and house-keeper, with other pleasant occurrences

3. Of the pleasant conversation which passed between Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and the bachelor Sampson Carrasco

4. Wherein Sancho Panza answers the bachelor Sampson Carrasco's doubts and questions

with other incidents worthy to be known and recited

5. Of the wise and pleasant discourse, which passed between Sancho Panza and his wife Teresa Panza

6. Of what passed between Don Quixote, his niece, and housekeeper

one of the most important chapters of the whole history

7. Of what passed between Don Quixote and his squire, with other most famous occurrences

8. Wherein is related what befell Don Quixote, as he was going to visit his lady Dulcinea del Toboso

9. Which relates what will be found in it

10. Wherein is related the cunning used by Sancho in enchanting the lady Dulcinea, with other events as ridiculous as true

11. Of the strange adventure which befell the valorous Don Quixote with the wain or cart of the Parliament of Death

12. Of the strange adventure, which befell the valorous Don Quixote, with the brave Knight of the Looking-glasses

13. Wherein is continued the adventure of the Knight of the Wood, with the wise, new, and pleasant dialogue between the two squires

14. In which is continued the adventure of the Knight of the Wood

15. Giving an account, who the Knight of the Looking-glasses and his squire were.

16. Of what befell Don Quixote with a discreet gentleman of La Mancha

17. Wherein is set forth the last and highest point, at which the unheard-of courage of Don Quixote ever did, or could, arrive

with the happy conclusion of the adventure of the lions

18. Of what befell Don Quixote in the castle or house of the Knight of the Green Riding-coat, with other extravagant matters

19. Wherein is related the adventure of the enamoured shepherd, with other truly pleasant accidents

20. Giving an account of the wedding of Camacho the Rich, with the adventure of Basilius the Poor

21. In which is continued the history of Camacho's wedding, with other delightful accidents

22. Wherein is related the grand adventure of the cave of Montesinos, lying in the heart of La Mancha, to which the valorous Don Quixote gave a happy conclusion

23. Of the wonderful things, which the unexampled Don Quixote de la Mancha declared he had seen in the deep cave of Montesinos, the greatness and impossibility of which make this adventure pass for apocryphal

24. In which are recounted a thousand impertinences necessary to the right understanding of this grand history

25. Wherein is begun the braying adventure, with the pleasant one of the puppet-player, and the memorable divinations of the divining ape

26. Wherein is contained the pleasant adventure of the puppet-player, with sundry other matters, in truth sufficiently good

27. Wherein is related, who Master Peter and his ape were

with the ill success Don Quixote had in the braying adventure, which he finished not as he wished and intended

28. Of things which, Ben Engeli says, he, who reads them, will know, if he reads them with attention

29. Of the famous adventure of the enchanted bark

30. Of what befell Don Quixote with a fair huntress

31. Which treats of many and great things.

32. Of the answer Don Quixote gave to his reprover, with other grave and pleasant events.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9786613426598

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OCLC:

1113905405