EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA (ANNOTATED)

In Spanish

In a remark which Cervantes himself makes in the prologue of Don Quixote is to be taken literally, the idea of the work (though hardly the writing of its First Part, as some have maintained) occurred to him in prison at Argamasilla de Alba in La Mancha. Cervantes' idea was to give a picture of real life and manners, and to express himself in clear language. The intrusion of everyday speech into a literary context was acclaimed by the reading public. The author stayed poor until 1605, when the first part of Don Quixote appeared. Although it did not make Cervantes rich, it brought him international appreciation as a man of letters.

Includes a biography of the Author.
Idioma: CASTELLANO
Widely regarded as one of the most important works ever written in Spanish and undoubtedly ahead of its time, "The ingenious gentleman don Quixote of la Mancha" chronicles the adventures of Alonso Quijano who, obsessed with the then popular stories of knights errant, convinces himself that he can live up to said knights and ventures into 17th century Spain, looking for injustices to amend.

The novel is composed of two volumes. The first one contains don Quixote's first two escapes: an initial, short one, which serves as a prelude and the second, in which don Quixote travels in the company of his squire, Sancho Panza. The first volume is, mainly, a parody of the literature the main character devours, mixed with traces of social criticism.
The second volume, published ten years later, tells of the gentleman's third and last journey and is much more ambitious. While keeping his original intentions, Cervantes focuses on don Quixote's slow disappointment with a world which he is unable to make any sense of and which keeps mocking and taking advantadge of him until his very death.

This Spanish digital edition has been composed taking as a reference the 1911-1913 edition by Madrid, Ediciones de La Lectura, adapting it for e-books.

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Ampliamente considerada como una de las obras más importantes jamás escritas en español e indudablemente una de las obras más adelantadas a su tiempo, "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" narra las andanzas de Alonso Quijano, quién, obsesionado por los relatos de caballeros andantes tan populares en la época, se convence de que él mismo puede estar a la altura de dichos caballeros y decide aventurarse por la España del siglo XVII, siempre intentando detectar y enmendar injusticias.

La novela está compuesta de dos tomos. El primero narra las dos primeras salidas de don Quijote: el primer viaje es muy breve y sirve de preludio y en el segundo don Quijote cuenta ya con la compañía del que será su escudero Sancho Panza. Éste primer tomo es, fundamentalmente, una parodia de la literatura que el propio protagonista consumía mezclada con un poco de crítica social. El segundo tomo, diez años posterior, narra la tercera y última salida del hidalgo y va mucho más allá. Manteniendo vivo el espíritu del primero, se centra más en cómo don Quijote poco a poco se va desencantando con un mundo que, no solamente no consigue comprender, sino que además se burla de él y lo utiliza sin piedad hasta el momento de su muerte.

La presente edición digital ha sido preparada basándose en la edición de Madrid, Ediciones de La Lectura, 1911-1913, para una lectura optimizada en lectores de libros electrónicos.
Idioma: CASTELLANO

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