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    <body><![CDATA[Not only is 'El Quijote' a book to read for need of culture, but his short stories are truly the work of a man who knew how to hook his readership and make them feel moved when finishing each one of them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think that though these are not his most famous work, they are more amusing than Don Quixote. They have a little of the didactical or moral element, like an Aesop fable, but reveal truths in funny ways.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read it because it was a classic and I wanted to know what all the references were about.  I did enjoy Don's adventures but could have done without some of the in-between parts.]]></body>
    
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