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Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Start date: February 1, 2024

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Apr 30, 2015 Lisa rated it really liked it

Shelves: rory-gilmore-challenge, 2016-reads

It almost took me a year to finish this, meanwhile I finished many other books, but that didn't stop me from still giving it 4 stars. The one off is that it isn't hooking like modern novels, and was too easy to put down. But when I gave it time, I found the storylines interesting and funny and really enjoyed the audiobook of it. That audiobook really helped me through the last stretch.

Overall I felt that this is a classic that has stood the test of time for a reason. I do recommend the iTunes U ...more

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Apr 14, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-17th-century, fantasy, classics, spanish-literature, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you

The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.

Don Quixote dons his rusty armour, mounts his broken down horse and sets off with Sancho Panza, his faithful squire, to put the world to rights.

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Dec 27, 2015 Norrin2 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Don Quixote is actually two books published 10 years apart. I give part one 5 stars, as it was everything I hoped it would be, but only three stars to part 2. My biggest complaints with the second part was the interminable business with the Duke and the Duchess. Until we meet them, Don Quixote is a misguided but noble soul attempting to make the world a better place -- 400 years later people are still debating whether or nor he was mad -- but the cruel Duke and Duchess are just playing with him, ...more

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