Yes! I read it a few years ago and it's definitely something I'd like to revisit someday. One thing I think is really cool about it is that it's arguably the first novel ever written and you can...
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Yes! I read it a few years ago and it's definitely something I'd like to revisit someday.
One thing I think is really cool about it is that it's arguably the first novel ever written and you can see Cervantes already playing with the form and asking questions about the nature of story and how it bleeds into real life and distorts our idea of reality. It's one of those books that really stands against the idea that experimentation with writing and story is a modern phenomenon (Tristam Shandy is another).
You could probably also draw parallels between Don Quixote and conspiracy theorists today who hold stubbornly to their own conception of reality no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary. There's a reason, I think, that 'tilting at windmills' has become an idiom - Don Quixote is a very good encapsulation of a certain kind of obstinate belief.
I spent so much time enjoying the book for what it was, I never even thought of this, yet it is so obvious, now that you point it out!
You could probably also draw parallels between Don Quixote and conspiracy theorists today who hold stubbornly to their own conception of reality no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary. There's a reason, I think, that 'tilting at windmills' has become an idiom - Don Quixote is a very good encapsulation of a certain kind of obstinate belief.
I spent so much time enjoying the book for what it was, I never even thought of this, yet it is so obvious, now that you point it out!
$0.50 on Kindle is pretty cheap, but if you have a different ereader or just don't want to pay anything at all, note that Don Quixote is on Standard Ebooks for free. I've been working my way...
$0.50 on Kindle is pretty cheap, but if you have a different ereader or just don't want to pay anything at all, note that Don Quixote is on Standard Ebooks for free.
I've been working my way through Don Quixote for a little while now. It's long, so I tend to go in segments. I'll read a number of chapters, go off and read a different book, come back and do a few more chapters, and so on. I'm enjoying it, though.
I'm not personally involved with Standard Ebooks. I just like their work and have made use of their books on a number of occasions. I do see that the Project Gutenberg edition of Don Quixote has a...
I'm not personally involved with Standard Ebooks. I just like their work and have made use of their books on a number of occasions.
I do see that the Project Gutenberg edition of Don Quixote has a number of Doré’s illustrations included. I've opened an issue on the Standard Ebooks project to see if there's interest in adding them to Standard Ebooks, too.
Note that although Doré’s illustrations are considered by many to be the best renderings of Don Quixote, they postdate Cervantes by over two centuries. As far as I am aware, the original publication of Don Quixote did not include any illustrations (aside from embellished drop caps at the start of each chapter).
I have heard this famous novels for a long time. Since i was kid , i was read just a small story part of the book. Now i finally have a chance to read the full story. The story is just amazing. If...
I have heard this famous novels for a long time. Since i was kid , i was read just a small story part of the book.
Now i finally have a chance to read the full story.
The story is just amazing.
If anyone haven't tried it yet. I highly recommend it !
Started reading it as a teen, I liked what I read but returned it to the library and never finished most of it. I have it on my ereader just waiting for me to give it another shot, I should do...
Started reading it as a teen, I liked what I read but returned it to the library and never finished most of it. I have it on my ereader just waiting for me to give it another shot, I should do that soon.
I read a couple years ago now, and it was excellent. At a certain point I got very tired of the nested chivalric romances in the first book, but it's difficult to honestly critique 400 year old...
I read a couple years ago now, and it was excellent. At a certain point I got very tired of the nested chivalric romances in the first book, but it's difficult to honestly critique 400 year old satire, it isn't like I've read any of the stories Cervantes was mocking. It was, otherwise, thought-provoking and definitely brought some shades of life-affirmation. A lot of the moments diffused into pop culture as hallmarks of the story come from the first few chapters of the novel, whereas in a lot of the later sections I was surprised to find familiar elements.
Overall I'd rate the second book over the first, as it's less repetitive, more metafictional, and more audacious in social critique, but it's hard to think of any of the scenes from the first and not laugh. It's a perfect book to read to a child before bed, but as an adult, it reads remarkably akin to a short-format comedy series on a streaming service. A chapter opens, the stage is set, a sketch plays out, and the chapter ends. Rapid-fire farts and pratfalls punctuated with grand justifications for the idiocy in under 5 pages, usually. The Edith Grossman translation captures a lot more humor for a modern reader than most of the historic ones, so that'd be my recommendation to any english reader who can afford it.
I haven't read Don Quixote, but I had a high school English teacher who had us watch the Man of La Mancha movie that was made in the 70s and I remember enjoying that. The same teacher said he was...
I haven't read Don Quixote, but I had a high school English teacher who had us watch the Man of La Mancha movie that was made in the 70s and I remember enjoying that. The same teacher said he was personally holding off on actually reading Don Quixote until a time in his future when he needed an uplifting, heart-warming story to read. That was over 25 years ago; now I'm wondering if he's done it yet.
Yes! I read it a few years ago and it's definitely something I'd like to revisit someday.
One thing I think is really cool about it is that it's arguably the first novel ever written and you can see Cervantes already playing with the form and asking questions about the nature of story and how it bleeds into real life and distorts our idea of reality. It's one of those books that really stands against the idea that experimentation with writing and story is a modern phenomenon (Tristam Shandy is another).
You could probably also draw parallels between Don Quixote and conspiracy theorists today who hold stubbornly to their own conception of reality no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary. There's a reason, I think, that 'tilting at windmills' has become an idiom - Don Quixote is a very good encapsulation of a certain kind of obstinate belief.
I spent so much time enjoying the book for what it was, I never even thought of this, yet it is so obvious, now that you point it out!
$0.50 on Kindle is pretty cheap, but if you have a different ereader or just don't want to pay anything at all, note that Don Quixote is on Standard Ebooks for free.
I've been working my way through Don Quixote for a little while now. It's long, so I tend to go in segments. I'll read a number of chapters, go off and read a different book, come back and do a few more chapters, and so on. I'm enjoying it, though.
Wow , such a nice project you are doing .
By the way , will you add some images in the book? illustrator i mean. ?
I'm not personally involved with Standard Ebooks. I just like their work and have made use of their books on a number of occasions.
I do see that the Project Gutenberg edition of Don Quixote has a number of Doré’s illustrations included. I've opened an issue on the Standard Ebooks project to see if there's interest in adding them to Standard Ebooks, too.
Note that although Doré’s illustrations are considered by many to be the best renderings of Don Quixote, they postdate Cervantes by over two centuries. As far as I am aware, the original publication of Don Quixote did not include any illustrations (aside from embellished drop caps at the start of each chapter).
I have heard this famous novels for a long time. Since i was kid , i was read just a small story part of the book.
Now i finally have a chance to read the full story.
The story is just amazing.
If anyone haven't tried it yet. I highly recommend it !
Started reading it as a teen, I liked what I read but returned it to the library and never finished most of it. I have it on my ereader just waiting for me to give it another shot, I should do that soon.
I read a couple years ago now, and it was excellent. At a certain point I got very tired of the nested chivalric romances in the first book, but it's difficult to honestly critique 400 year old satire, it isn't like I've read any of the stories Cervantes was mocking. It was, otherwise, thought-provoking and definitely brought some shades of life-affirmation. A lot of the moments diffused into pop culture as hallmarks of the story come from the first few chapters of the novel, whereas in a lot of the later sections I was surprised to find familiar elements.
Overall I'd rate the second book over the first, as it's less repetitive, more metafictional, and more audacious in social critique, but it's hard to think of any of the scenes from the first and not laugh. It's a perfect book to read to a child before bed, but as an adult, it reads remarkably akin to a short-format comedy series on a streaming service. A chapter opens, the stage is set, a sketch plays out, and the chapter ends. Rapid-fire farts and pratfalls punctuated with grand justifications for the idiocy in under 5 pages, usually. The Edith Grossman translation captures a lot more humor for a modern reader than most of the historic ones, so that'd be my recommendation to any english reader who can afford it.
I haven't read Don Quixote, but I had a high school English teacher who had us watch the Man of La Mancha movie that was made in the 70s and I remember enjoying that. The same teacher said he was personally holding off on actually reading Don Quixote until a time in his future when he needed an uplifting, heart-warming story to read. That was over 25 years ago; now I'm wondering if he's done it yet.
As a matter of fact.... yes