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๐ช๐ธ Don Quixote
Cervantes's comic masterpiece; often called the world's first modern novel
Spain 1605 World Classics
๐ Key Facts
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Published in two parts (1605 and 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Often called the world's first modern novel; revolutionary in using an unreliable narrator
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"Tilting at windmills" originates from the story; entire vocabulary borrowed into English: quixotic, tilting at windmills
The second most-translated book in history after the Bible; sold 500 million+ copies worldwide
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๐ World Classics
Country/Origin
๐ช๐ธ Spain
Year / Era
1605
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Cervantes's comic masterpiece; often called the world's first modern novel