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Fiction · 1605

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · translated by John Ormsby

Reading time
about 30.5 h
Length
421,722 words · 942 pages in print
Structure
126 chapters · 5 front-matter sections
Language
English (translated from Spanish)
Era
Renaissance

An elderly gentleman of La Mancha reads so many books of chivalry that he takes himself for a knight-errant, mends his great-grandfather’s armour, renames his horse Rocinante and rides out with a farm labourer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, to right wrongs that are not there.

Cervantes published the first part in 1605 and the second — written quickly after a rival brought out a spurious sequel — in 1615. It is commonly called the first modern novel: comic, sceptical about its own storytelling, endlessly imitated, and much sadder at the end than at the beginning.

This edition uses the unabridged English translation by John Ormsby, published in 1885. Both parts are issued complete in two matching volumes.

Contents

  1. Introduction — Prefaratory
  2. The Author’s Preface
  3. Dedication of Part I
  4. Chapter I — Which Treats of the Character and Pursuits of the Famous Gentleman Don Quixote of la Mancha
  5. Chapter II — Which Treats of the First Sally the Ingenious Don Quixote Made from Home
  6. Chapter III — Wherein Is Related the Droll Way in Which Don Quixote Had Himself Dubbed a Knight
  7. Chapter IV — Of What Happened to Our Knight When He Left the Inn
  8. Chapter V — In Which the Narrative of Our Knight’s Mishap Is Continued
  9. Chapter VI — Of the Diverting and Important Scrutiny Which the Curate and the Barber Made in the Library of Our Ingenious Gentleman
  10. Chapter VII — Of the Second Sally of Our Worthy Knight Don Quixote of la Mancha
  11. Chapter VIII — Of the Good Fortune Which the Valiant Don Quixote Had in the Terrible and Undreamt-of Adventure of the Windmills, with Other Occurrences Worthy to Be Fitly Recorded
  12. Chapter IX — In Which Is Concluded and Finished the Terrific Battle Between the Gallant Biscayan and the Valiant Manchegan
  13. Chapter X — Of the Pleasant Discourse That Passed Between Don Quixote and His Squire Sancho Panza
  14. Chapter XI — What Befell Don Quixote with Certain Goatherds
  15. Chapter XII — Of What a Goatherd Related to Those with Don Quixote
  16. Chapter XIII — In Which Is Ended the Story of the Shepherdess Marcela, with Other Incidents
  17. Chapter XIV — Wherein Are Inserted the Despairing Verses of the Dead Shepherd, Together with Other Incidents Not Looked for
  18. Chapter XV — In Which Is Related the Unfortunate Adventure That Don Quixote Fell in with When He Fell Out with Certain Heartless Yanguesans
  19. Chapter XVI — Of What Happened to the Ingenious Gentleman in the Inn Which He Took to Be a Castle
  20. Chapter XVII
  21. Chapter XVIII — In Which Is Related the Discourse Sancho Panza Held with His Master, Don Quixote, and Other Adventures Worth Relating
  22. Chapter XIX — Of the Shrewd Discourse Which Sancho Held with His Master, and of the Adventure That Befell Him with a Dead Body, Together with Other Notable Occurrences
  23. Chapter XX
  24. Chapter XXI — Which Treats of the Exalted Adventure and Rich Prize of Mambrino’s Helmet, Together with Other Things That Happened to Our Invincible Knight
  25. Chapter XXII — Of the Freedom Don Quixote Conferred on Several Unfortunates Who Against Their Will Were Being Carried Where They Had No Wish to Go
  26. Chapter XXIII — Of What Befell Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena, Which Was One of the Rarest Adventures Related in This Veracious History
  27. Chapter XXIV — In Which Is Continued the Adventure of the Sierra Morena
  28. Chapter XXV — Which Treats of the Strange Things That Happened to the Stout Knight of la Mancha in the Sierra Morena, and of His Imitation of the Penance of Beltenebros
  29. Chapter XXVI — In Which Are Continued the Refinements Wherewith Don Quixote Played the Part of a Lover in the Sierra Morena
  30. Chapter XXVII — Of How the Curate and the Barber Proceeded with Their Scheme; Together with Other Matters Worthy of Record in This Great History
  31. Chapter XXVIII — Which Treats of the Strange and Delightful Adventure That Befell the Curate and the Barber in the Same Sierra
  32. Chapter XXIX — Which Treats of the Droll Device and Method Adopted to Extricate Our Love-Stricken Knight from the Severe Penance He Had Imposed Upon Himself
  33. Chapter XXX — Which Treats of Address Displayed by the Fair Dorothea, with Other Matters Pleasant and Amusing
  34. Chapter XXXI — Of the Delectable Discussion Between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, His Squire, Together with Other Incidents
  35. Chapter XXXII — Which Treats of What Befell Don Quixote’s Party at the Inn
  36. Chapter XXXIII — In Which Is Related the Novel of “The Ill-Advised Curiosity”
  37. Chapter XXXIV — In Which Is Continued the Novel of “The Ill-Advised Curiosity”
  38. Chapter XXXV — Which Treats of the Heroic and Prodigious Battle Don Quixote Had with Certain Skins of Red Wine, and Brings the Novel of “The Ill-Advised Curiosity” to a Close
  39. Chapter XXXVI — Which Treats of More Curious Incidents That Occurred at the Inn
  40. Chapter XXXVII — In Which Is Continued the Story of the Famous Princess Micomicona, with Other Droll Adventures
  41. Chapter XXXVIII — Which Treats of the Curious Discourse Don Quixote Delivered on Arms and Letters
  42. Chapter XXXIX — Wherein the Captive Relates His Life and Adventures
  43. Chapter XL — In Which the Story of the Captive Is Continued
  44. Chapter XLI — In Which the Captive Still Continues His Adventures
  45. Chapter XLII — Which Treats of What Further Took Place in the Inn, and of Several Other Things Worth Knowing
  46. Chapter XLIII — Wherein Is Related the Pleasant Story of the Muleteer, Together with Other Strange Things That Came to Pass in the Inn
  47. Chapter XLIV — In Which Are Continued the Unheard-of Adventures of the Inn
  48. Chapter XLV — In Which the Doubtful Question of Mambrino’s Helmet and the Pack-Saddle Is Finally Settled, with Other Adventures That Occurred in Truth and Earnest
  49. Chapter XLVI — Of the End of the Notable Adventure of the Officers of the Holy Brotherhood; And of the Great Ferocity of Our Worthy Knight, Don Quixote
  50. Chapter XLVII — Of the Strange Manner in Which Don Quixote of la Mancha Was Carried Away Enchanted, Together with Other Remarkable Incidents
  51. Chapter XLVIII — In Which the Canon Pursues the Subject of the Books of Chivalry, with Other Matters Worthy of His Wit
  52. Chapter XLIX — Which Treats of the Shrewd Conversation Which Sancho Panza Held with His Master Don Quixote
  53. Chapter L — Of the Shrewd Controversy Which Don Quixote and the Canon Held, Together with Other Incidents
  54. Chapter LI — Which Deals with What the Goatherd Told Those Who Were Carrying Off Don Quixote
  55. Chapter LII — Of the Quarrel That Don Quixote Had with the Goatherd, Together with the Rare Adventure of the Penitents, Which with an Expenditure of Sweat He Brought to a Happy Conclusion
  56. Volume II
  57. Dedication of Volume II
  58. The Author’s Preface
  59. Chapter I — Of the Interview the Curate and the Barber Had with Don Quixote About His Malady
  60. Chapter II — Which Treats of the Notable Altercation Which Sancho Panza Had with Don Quixote’s Niece, and Housekeeper, Together with Other Droll Matters
  61. Chapter III — Of the Laughable Conversation That Passed Between Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and the Bachelor Samson Carrasco
  62. Chapter IV — In Which Sancho Panza Gives a Satisfactory Reply to the Doubts and Questions of the Bachelor Samson Carrasco, Together with Other Matters Worth Knowing and Telling
  63. Chapter V — Of the Shrewd and Droll Conversation That Passed Between Sancho Panza and His Wife Teresa Panza, and Other Matters Worthy of Being Duly Recorded
  64. Chapter VI — Of What Took Place Between Don Quixote and His Niece and Housekeeper; One of the Most Important Chapters in the Whole History
  65. Chapter VII — Of What Passed Between Don Quixote and His Squire, Together with Other Very Notable Incidents
  66. Chapter VIII — Wherein Is Related What Befell Don Quixote on His Way to See His Lady Dulcinea Del Toboso
  67. Chapter IX — Wherein Is Related What Will Be Seen There
  68. Chapter X — Wherein Is Related the Crafty Device Sancho Adopted to Enchant the Lady Dulcinea, and Other Incidents as Ludicrous as They Are True
  69. Chapter XI — Of the Strange Adventure Which the Valiant Don Quixote Had with the Car or Cart of “The Cortes of Death”
  70. Chapter XII — Of the Strange Adventure Which Befell the Valiant Don Quixote with the Bold Knight of the Mirrors
  71. Chapter XIII — In Which Is Continued the Adventure of the Knight of the Grove, Together with the Sensible, Original, and Tranquil Colloquy That Passed Between the Two Squires
  72. Chapter XIV — Wherein Is Continued the Adventure of the Knight of the Grove
  73. Chapter XV — Wherein It Is Told and Known Who the Knight of the Mirrors and His Squire Were
  74. Chapter XVI — Of What Befell Don Quixote with a Discreet Gentleman of la Mancha
  75. Chapter XVII — Wherein Is Shown the Furthest and Highest Point Which the Unexampled Courage of Don Quixote Reached or Could Reach; Together with the Happily Achieved Adventure of the Lions
  76. Chapter XVIII — Of What Happened Don Quixote in the Castle or House of the Knight of the Green Gaban, Together with Other Matters Out of the Common
  77. Chapter XIX — In Which Is Related the Adventure of the Enamoured Shepherd, Together with Other Truly Droll Incidents
  78. Chapter XX — Wherein an Account Is Given of the Wedding of Camacho the Rich, Together with the Incident of Basilio the Poor
  79. Chapter XXI — In Which Camacho’s Wedding Is Continued, with Other Delightful Incidents
  80. Chapter XXII — Wherein Is Related the Grand Adventure of the Cave of Montesinos in the Heart of la Mancha, Which the Valiant Don Quixote Brought to a Happy Termination
  81. Chapter XXIII — Of the Wonderful Things the Incomparable Don Quixote Said He Saw in the Profound Cave of Montesinos, the Impossibility and Magnitude of Which Cause This Adventure to Be Deemed Apocryphal
  82. Chapter XXIV — Wherein Are Related a Thousand Trifling Matters, as Trivial as They Are Necessary to the Right Understanding of This Great History
  83. Chapter XXV — Wherein Is Set Down the Braying Adventure, and the Droll One of the Puppet-Showman, Together with the Memorable Divinations of the Divining Ape
  84. Chapter XXVI — Wherein Is Continued the Droll Adventure of the Puppet-Showman, Together with Other Things in Truth Right Good
  85. Chapter XXVII
  86. Chapter XXVIII — Of Matters That Benengeli Says He Who Reads Them Will Know, If He Reads Them with Attention
  87. Chapter XXIX — Of the Famous Adventure of the Enchanted Bark
  88. Chapter XXX — Of Don Quixote’s Adventure with a Fair Huntress
  89. Chapter XXXI — Which Treats of Many and Great Matters
  90. Chapter XXXII — Of the Reply Don Quixote Gave His Censurer, with Other Incidents, Grave and Droll
  91. Chapter XXXIII — Of the Delectable Discourse Which the Duchess and Her Damsels Held with Sancho Panza, Well Worth Reading and Noting
  92. Chapter XXXIV — Which Relates How They Learned the Way in Which They Were to Disenchant the Peerless Dulcinea Del Toboso, Which Is One of the Rarest Adventures in This Book
  93. Chapter XXXV — Wherein Is Continued the Instruction Given to Don Quixote Touching the Disenchantment of Dulcinea, Together with Other Marvellous Incidents
  94. Chapter XXXVI — Wherein Is Related the Strange and Undreamt-of Adventure of the Distressed Duenna, Alias the Countess Trifaldi, Together with a Letter Which Sancho Panza Wrote to His Wife, Teresa Panza
  95. Chapter XXXVII — Wherein Is Continued the Notable Adventure of the Distressed Duenna
  96. Chapter XXXVIII — Wherein Is Told the Distressed Duenna’s Tale of Her Misfortunes
  97. Chapter XXXIX — In Which the Trifaldi Continues Her Marvellous and Memorable Story
  98. Chapter XL — Of Matters Relating and Belonging to This Adventure and to This Memorable History
  99. Chapter XLI — Of the Arrival of Clavileño and the End of This Protracted Adventure
  100. Chapter XLII — Of the Counsels Which Don Quixote Gave Sancho Panza Before He Set Out to Govern the Island, Together with Other Well-Considered Matters
  101. Chapter XLIII — Of the Second Set of Counsels Don Quixote Gave Sancho Panza
  102. Chapter XLIV — How Sancho Panza Was Conducted to His Government, and of the Strange Adventure That Befell Don Quixote in the Castle
  103. Chapter XLV — Of How the Great Sancho Panza Took Possession of His Island, and of How He Made a Beginning in Governing
  104. Chapter XLVI — Of the Terrible Bell and Cat Fright That Don Quixote Got in the Course of the Enamoured Altisidora’s Wooing
  105. Chapter XLVII — Wherein Is Continued the Account of How Sancho Panza Conducted Himself in His Government
  106. Chapter XLVIII — Of What Befell Don Quixote with Doña Rodriguez, the Duchess’s Duenna, Together with Other Occurrences Worthy of Record and Eternal Remembrance
  107. Chapter XLIX — Of What Happened Sancho in Making the Round of His Island
  108. Chapter L
  109. Chapter LI — Of the Progress of Sancho’s Government, and Other Such Entertaining Matters
  110. Chapter LII — Wherein Is Related the Adventure of the Second Distressed or Afflicted Duenna, Otherwise Called Doña Rodriguez
  111. Chapter LIII — Of the Troublous End and Termination Sancho Panza’s Government Came to
  112. Chapter LIV — Which Deals with Matters Relating to This History and No Other
  113. Chapter LV — Of What Befell Sancho on the Road, and Other Things That Cannot Be Surpassed
  114. Chapter LVI — Of the Prodigious and Unparalleled Battle That Took Place Between Don Quixote of la Mancha and the Lacquey Tosilos in Defence of the Daughter of Doña Rodriguez
  115. Chapter LVII — Which Treats of How Don Quixote Took Leave of the Duke, and of What Followed with the Witty and Impudent Altisidora, One of the Duchess’s Damsels
  116. Chapter LVIII — Which Tells How Adventures Came Crowding on Don Quixote in Such Numbers That They Gave One Another No Breathing-Time
  117. Chapter LIX — Wherein Is Related the Strange Thing, Which May Be Regarded as an Adventure, That Happened Don Quixote
  118. Chapter LX — Of What Happened Don Quixote on His Way to Barcelona
  119. Chapter LXI — Of What Happened Don Quixote on Entering Barcelona, Together with Other Matters That Partake of the True Rather Than of the Ingenious
  120. Chapter LXII — Which Deals with the Adventure of the Enchanted Head, Together with Other Trivial Matters Which Cannot Be Left Untold
  121. Chapter LXIII — Of the Mishap That Befell Sancho Panza Through the Visit to the Galleys, and the Strange Adventure of the Fair Morisco
  122. Chapter LXIV — Treating of the Adventure Which Gave Don Quixote More Unhappiness Than All That Had Hitherto Befallen Him
  123. Chapter LXV — Wherein Is Made Known Who the Knight of the White Moon Was; Likewise Don Gregorio’s Release, and Other Events
  124. Chapter LXVI — Which Treats of What He Who Reads Will See, or What He Who Has It Read to Him Will Hear
  125. Chapter LXVII
  126. Chapter LXVIII — Of the Bristly Adventure That Befell Don Quixote
  127. Chapter LXIX — Of the Strangest and Most Extraordinary Adventure That Befell Don Quixote in the Whole Course of This Great History
  128. Chapter LXX — Which Follows Sixty-Nine and Deals with Matters Indispensable for the Clear Comprehension of This History
  129. Chapter LXXI — Of What Passed Between Don Quixote and His Squire Sancho on the Way to Their Village
  130. Chapter LXXII — Of How Don Quixote and Sancho Reached Their Village
  131. Chapter LXXIII — Of the Omens Don Quixote Had as He Entered His Own Village, and Other Incidents That Embellish and Give a Colour to This Great History
  132. Chapter LXXIV

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