Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 93 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1547 1616 Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes De Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel Cervantes, Michel Saavedra, Miguel Cervantes Doré, Gustave 1832 1883 Dore, Gustave Doré, Louis Christophe Paul Gustave Doré, Louis Auguste Gustave Dorè, Gustave Ormsby, John 1829 1895 The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 05 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote Illustrated. Produced by David Widger "The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 05" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a classic novel written in the early 17th century, during the Spanish Golden Age. This literary work is centered around the adventures of the self-styled knight-errant Don Quixote, who becomes deluded by the romantic tales of chivalry he has read, leading him to embark on misguided quests across the Spanish countryside. The book explores themes of reality versus illusion, love, and the nature of heroism. In this particular section, Don Quixote encounters tragic events tied to unrequited love, particularly through the lament of the shepherd Chrysostom, who has died for the love of Marcela, a beautiful shepherdess who values her freedom over romantic commitments. As the narrative unfolds, Marcela defends her right to choose solitude and rejects the expectations placed upon her by her suitors. Don Quixote, inspired by his own notions of honor and chivalry, attempts to protect her from her admirers' advances. The tale combines humor with poignant reflections on love, desire, and societal pressures, all while maintaining the absurdity and surreal elements characteristic of Cervantes’s masterpiece. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction Picaresque literature Romances PQ Text Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature 68686 2025-07-03T05:46:52.535639 text/html 58421 2020-12-29T06:41:25 text/html 1439698 2025-07-03T05:46:55.791568 application/epub+zip 1435572 2025-07-03T05:46:53.455649 application/epub+zip 93383 2025-07-03T05:46:52.786584 application/epub+zip 1472604 2025-07-03T05:46:57.417566 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1460060 2025-07-03T05:46:54.983637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124511 2022-09-03T09:20:47.969029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53202 2025-07-03T05:46:52.357641 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53005 2020-12-29T06:41:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22108 2025-07-03T05:46:57.558551 application/rdf+xml 18664 2025-07-03T05:46:52.902633 image/jpeg 2554 2025-07-03T05:46:52.843587 image/jpeg 2133990 2020-12-29T06:41:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 21115 2020-12-29T06:41:25 application/octet-stream application/zip 2154149 2025-07-03T05:46:52.582647 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia es.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia