The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote De La Mancha: The Life And Exploits Of Don Quixote De La Mancha; Volume 3

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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262 pages, Paperback

Published February 18, 2018

About the author

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 released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.

He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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Reviews

[Alexandra Anghel · Rating 5 out of 5]

O consider drept cea mai spumoasă parte dintre toate, de până acum. Pe măsură ce se luminează și se dezvoltă personajele, se îmbogățește și savoarea aventurilor precum și a întorsăturilor de faptă, gând și mai ales, vorbă. (și-al ei strălucit temei).

[Paula Corripio Ramos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un tópico, pero también una verdad como un templo. Nada volverá a ser igual después del Quijote. ¡¡Gracias, Cervantes!!

[M Burke · Rating 5 out of 5]

"My fascination with this story began in the early 90's when Man of la Mancha was featured on Quantum Leap. Then, with Toad the Wet Sprocket's Dulcinea album (a perennial favorite of my CD player - it begs me to play 'Fly from Heaven' over and over again) came out, it reinvigorated my ardor. Finally, in the late 90's I read the book (mostly) in Spanish and (entirely) in English in an amazing upper-division Spanish Lit class. Someone once said you should read this and the Bible every year and that you'd learn something new each time."