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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 3.91 avg rating — 307,372 ratings — published 1615 — 6299 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) 4.07 avg rating — 8,886 ratings — published 1605 — 503 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) 4.20 avg rating — 6,133 ratings — published 1615 — 247 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 4.34 avg rating — 2,639 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) 3.68 avg rating — 1,861 ratings — published 1613 — 295 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 3.69 avg rating — 1,819 ratings — published 1613 — 47 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 — 1,542 ratings — published 1613 — 62 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 3.28 avg rating — 1,590 ratings — published 1613 — 130 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 3.13 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1613 — 173 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 3.23 avg rating — 1,114 ratings — published 1613 — 64 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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Don Quijote de La Mancha (19 books)
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Novelas Ejemplares (1 book)
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Don Kihot (4 books)
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2nd Quarter Long Read Classic-April-June 2015

1936, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 1037 pages

14 votes, 31.1%

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

8 votes, 17.8%

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

5 votes, 11.1%

1812, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, 880 pages

5 votes, 11.1%

1880, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 796 pages

4 votes, 8.9%

1914, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

3 votes, 6.7%

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

2 votes, 4.4%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages

2 votes, 4.4%

1962, The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing, 640 pages

1 vote, 2.2%

1941, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West, 1181 pages

1 vote, 2.2%

45 total votes

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