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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Born

in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain

July 11, 1547

Died

April 23, 1616

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Drama

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Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then rele ...more

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	Don Quixote 3.92 avg rating — 316,724 ratings — published 1605 — 2249 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Quixote de La Mancha, Vol. 1 (Don Quijote de la Mancha, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 11,110 ratings — published 1605 — 1187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Quixote de La Mancha, Vol. 2 (Don Quijote de la Mancha, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 6,536 ratings — published 1615 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha 4.35 avg rating — 2,850 ratings — published 1605 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exemplary Stories by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Lesley Lipson (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 1,940 ratings — published 1613 — 273 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novelas ejemplares I 3.71 avg rating — 1,916 ratings — published 1613 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dialogue of the Dogs by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, William Rolandson (Translator), Ben Okri (Foreword by) 3.62 avg rating — 1,617 ratings — published 1613 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La gitanilla 3.30 avg rating — 1,688 ratings — published 1613 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rinconete y Cortadillo 3.15 avg rating — 1,762 ratings — published 1613 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El licenciado Vidriera 3.25 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 1613 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quijote de la Mancha (2 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 334,367 ratings

Don Quijote de La Mancha (19 books)
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4.34 avg rating — 3,059 ratings

Novelas Ejemplares (1 book)
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Don Kihot (4 books)
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Stanko Leben (Translator)

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2015 3rd Quarter Long Read Poll, July-September

1605, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. 982 pages

12 votes, 29.3%

1901, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 731 pages

10 votes, 24.4%

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages

3 votes, 7.3%

1915, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

3 votes, 7.3%

1981, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 647 pages

3 votes, 7.3%

1847, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages

3 votes, 7.3%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages

2 votes, 4.9%

1943, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 720 pages

2 votes, 4.9%

1984, Lincoln by Gore Vidal, 672 pages

1 vote, 2.4%

1920, The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy, 872 pages

1 vote, 2.4%

1972, Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell, 816 pages

1 vote, 2.4%

41 total votes

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