John Ormsby
1) Don Quixote
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 13.2 - AR Pts: 91
Lexile measure
1410L
Language
English
Description
Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator." Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera....
Author
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 29
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a middle-aged Spanish hidalgo who, under the influence of chivalric romances, sets out under the assumed name of Don Quixote to revive the chivalric tradition and improve the world. He is accompanied in his quest by his down-to-earth squire, Sancho Panza.