{"product_id":"don-quixote-9781853260360","title":"Don Quixote","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by P. A. Motteux\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Stephen Boyd, University College, Cork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard Strauss. The tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, Sancho Panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the 'books of chivalry', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. On his 'heroic' journey Don Quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute Maritornes, who is commended for her Christian charity, to the Knight of the Green Coat, who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCervantes' greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels, all suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out to encompass the reader, and does not leave the author outside its circle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Motteux's fine eighteenth-century translation, acknowledged as one of the best, brilliantly succeeds in communicating the spirit of the original Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853260360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.77h x 5.00w x 1.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e12781 \/ Don Quixote (Unabridged)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Miguel Cervantes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669807329436,"sku":"9781853260360","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6dc79fa9-e374-4a2b-ab4b-bae505863c9d.jpg?v=1603921101","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/don-quixote-9781853260360","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}