Don Quixote - Simple English Wikipedia

# Don Quixote

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Don Quixote and his sidekick, Sancho Pansa, Illustration by Gustave Doré.

Don Quixote is a novel by Miguel De Cervantes. The book, published in two parts (1605 and 1615) is considered to be the first modern novel. It is about Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha. Don Quixote believes himself to be a knight, and makes "heroic" rescues, including slaying windmills. It was first written in Spanish, and soon translated to English by Thomas Shelton.

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Categories: 1605 books | 1615 books | Books by Miguel De Cervantes

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