Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 294 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 2, Part 40 HTML file Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote Produced by David Widger "The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 40" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a classic novel that belongs to the genre of satirical literature, written in the early 17th century during the Spanish Golden Age. This work is a continuation of the renowned tale of Don Quixote, a deluded nobleman who embarks on misadventures as a self-declared knight errant, and serves as a critique of contemporary chivalric traditions and romantic ideals. In this particular section of the narrative, Don Quixote contemplates a pastoral life as he and his loyal squire, Sancho Panza, reflect on their past experiences and the futility of their quests, while they encounter the whimsical plight of Altisidora, who pretends to die from unrequited love for the knight. The antics of the duke and duchess, who orchestrate a farcical plot to mock Don Quixote and Sancho, add layers of humor as they attempt to extract comical performances from the two. Ultimately, the story delves into themes of illusion versus reality while maintaining a light-hearted approach to the trials faced by its characters, culminating in a mixture of fantasy and introspection that highlights Cervantes' unique narrative style. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction Picaresque literature Romances PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 86448 2025-06-03T06:13:31.679757 text/html 74935 2020-12-29T06:53:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1877984 2020-12-29T06:53:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1581682 2025-06-03T06:13:35.408759 application/epub+zip 1577683 2025-06-03T06:13:32.606754 application/epub+zip 101509 2025-06-03T06:13:31.993752 application/epub+zip 1620095 2025-06-03T06:13:37.525726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1603785 2025-06-03T06:13:34.647758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133753 2022-09-03T09:26:19.488184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 68467 2025-06-03T06:13:31.449756 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 68276 2020-12-29T06:53:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27121 2020-12-29T06:53:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21857 2025-06-03T06:13:37.684714 application/rdf+xml 18664 2025-06-03T06:13:32.145753 image/jpeg 2554 2025-06-03T06:13:32.067737 image/jpeg 1890692 2025-06-03T06:13:31.745738 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 es.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia