Don Quijote
by Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish • Public Domain • Free to stream
Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quijote (1605 and 1615) is the world's first modern novel and the masterpiece of Spanish literature. The story of Alonso Quijano — a country gentleman who reads so many chivalric romances he loses his mind and sets out as the knight Don Quixote — is by turns hilarious, melancholy, and profound. Accompanied by his faithful squire Sancho Panza, he tilts at windmills and fights imaginary giants, confusing fantasy with reality. Stream free in native Spanish.
About the book: Don Quijote
Don Quixote is a novel written in Early Modern Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes. It was published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. For Cervantes and the readers of his day, the book was originally published as a one-volume work in 1605, divided internally into four parts.
The plot follows an hidalgo from La Mancha named Alonso Quijano. He reads so many chivalric romances that he decides to become a knight-errant under the name Don Quixote to revive chivalry and serve his nation. He recruits a simple farm labourer, Sancho Panza, as his squire. The novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern novel, and it became one of the most-translated and best-selling books in history.
Part Two of the novel was published as a sequel ten years after the original.
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