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Don Quixote

by Miguel Cervantes
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Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.
An immediate success upon its publication and widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha, a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. Accompanied by his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, he travels throughout sixteenth century Spain seeking glory and grand adventure. Along the way the duo meet a dazzling assortment of characters whose diverse beliefs and perspectives reveal how reality and imagination are frequently indistinguishable.

This edition includes:
-A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information
-A chronology of the author's life and work
-A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
-An outline of key themes and plot points to help guide the reader's own interpretations
-Detailed explanatory notes
-Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
-Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
-A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
-Reader-friendly font size
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Series: Enriched Classics Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 17, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781501137341
  • File size: 3834 KB
  • Release date: May 17, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781501137341
  • File size: 2631 KB
  • Release date: May 17, 2016

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fantasy Fiction Romance Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1410
Text Difficulty:12

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.
An immediate success upon its publication and widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha, a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. Accompanied by his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, he travels throughout sixteenth century Spain seeking glory and grand adventure. Along the way the duo meet a dazzling assortment of characters whose diverse beliefs and perspectives reveal how reality and imagination are frequently indistinguishable.

This edition includes:
-A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information
-A chronology of the author's life and work
-A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
-An outline of key themes and plot points to help guide the reader's own interpretations
-Detailed explanatory notes
-Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
-Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
-A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
-Reader-friendly font size
Expand title description text
Fantasy Fiction Romance Historical Fiction