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Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Start date: April 1, 2022

Finish date: June 30, 2022

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Don Quixote - April-June 2022

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May 10, 2022 Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, audible, completist-book-club, 2022, classic, historical-fiction

Another Epic classic complete! Thank you to my Goodreads Completist Book Club for giving me the inspiration to finally tackle this big book. I am sure I would have eventually read it someday, but it is nice to have some extra motivation.

I did enjoy the Don Quixote experience quite a bit. In general, it was slapstick comedy and tongue-in-cheek humor – but, there were a lot of literary acrobatics, word play, etc. taking place as well to keep me interested, guessing, and thinking as a reader. At ti ...more

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Nov 15, 2023 Liane rated it really liked it

Shelves: x-2023

Whew. Started reading this a decade ago and restarted this year. Funny, but sooo long. I really enjoy learning what was contemporary at the time when classics were written. The puns and proverbs of Sancho are an ongoing joke that everyone is amused by.

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Aug 03, 2017 Jess Penhallow rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: spain, 17th-century, boxall-s

One of the funniest books I have ever read. I love it.

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Jun 05, 2020 Tyler rated it it was amazing

Shelves: the-guardians-100-greatest-novels, 100-most-influential-books, bbc-100-stories-shaped-the-world, telegraph-100-novels-should-read, 100-books-every-man-should-read

This book has been reviewed and written about by much more qualified people than I, so don’t expect any amazing, in depth analysis from me, but I will say that I didn’t think a 400 year old book would make me laugh out loud so often.
One thing that I was surprised about, although not in hindsight, was how much Monty Python, especially Terry Gilliam (of course), could be seen coming from this book. I see now why Terry Gilliam was so obsessed with making the movie. Baron Munchausen seemed to be a ...more

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