Jason’s Comments (group member since Dec 12, 2013)

Jason’s comments from the Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes group.

If we start a month from today, on or around January 13, 2014, we'd finish by March 16, 2014. So, this would be the breakdown of timing:

13 Jan – 19 Jan (Week 1)
20 Jan – 26 Jan (Week 2)
27 Jan – 02 Feb (Week 3)
03 Feb – 09 Feb (Week 4)

10 Feb – 16 Feb (Week 5)
17 Feb – 23 Feb (Week 6)
24 Feb – 02 Mar (Week 7)
03 Mar – 09 Mar (Week 8)
10 Mar – 16 Mar (Week 9)

And then we can celebrate with a cerveza on St. Patrick's Day. (The Irish won't mind!)

Again, this is only a guideline. People should feel comfortable reading at their own paces, but here is what I am thinking:

Week 1: Part I, Chapters 1–13
Week 2: Part I, Chapters 14–26
Week 3: Part I, Chapters 27–39
Week 4: Part I, Chapters 40–52

Week 5: Part II, Chapters 1–15
Week 6: Part II, Chapters 16–30
Week 7: Part II, Chapters 31–45
Week 8: Part II, Chapters 46–60
Week 9: Part II, Chapters 61–74

This thread is for discussing the first thirteen chapters of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between January 13 and January 19, 2014.

This thread is for discussing Part I, Chapters 14 through 26 of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between January 20 and January 26, 2014.

This thread is for discussing Part I, Chapters 27 through 39 of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between January 27 and February 02, 2014.

This thread is for discussing the last thirteen chapters of Part I of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between February 03 and February 09, 2014.

This thread is for discussing the first fifteen chapters of Part II of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between February 10 and February 16, 2014.

This thread is for discussing Part II, Chapters 16 through 30 of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between February 17 and February 23, 2014.

This thread is for discussing Part II, Chapters 31 through 45 of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between February 24 and March 02, 2014.

This thread is for discussing Part II, Chapters 46 through 60 of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between March 03 and March 09, 2014.

This thread is for discussing the final fourteen chapters of Don Quixote, which will take place (roughly) between March 10 and March 16, 2014.

This schedule is subject to change, but I am thinking I'd like to keep the reading schedule fairly surmountable (so that even if one were to fall behind, it is conceivable he or she would be able to catch up). So how about a slow, even pace of 2 chapters per day? There are 126 chapters in Don Quixote so this would work out to about 9 weeks, or just longer than 2 months. I would like to start in mid-January and finish by the end of March. Hopefully this works out well for others?

Welcome! I know you Chatty Cathys like to have a place to gab so this can be that place.

I don't really know what this means but people always seem to like to do a soundtrack. If anyone wants to do this, please would you mind creating it in Spotify and making it "collaborative" and then sharing the link?

Thank you!

I think for a long time, Ormsby's version has been the "standard" of English translations and is in the public domain (so you can get it for your ereader on Feedbooks), but Grossman's newer translation was pretty well received by critics, and seems to be on sale at Amazon right now.

http://www.amazon.com/Don-Quixote-Mig...

There are eight million translations of Don Quixote and I don't think it will matter too much, for the sake of this group, which one you decide to read. As for myself, I'm torn between the John Ormsby and the Edith Grossman versions, but I've attached Grossman's edition to all the threads for the sake of simplicity. Does anybody have a preference? Feel free to freaking discuss.

For example, if I were Alex, I might say: here is my review!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Here is where you can post links to your review under the guise that others will be interested in reading it (but wherein you are really expressing your vote whore-ism). But I say, flaunt it anyway!

Don Quixote by Denis Zilber (2009).

Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza by Gustave Doré (1863).