Having an immediate success when first published 400 years ago, and with its
experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been recognized as
the world’s first modern novel. Don Quixote tells the story of 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, destroy
the wicked, and win the heart of his beloved Dulcinea. Seated upon his ever so
lean horse, and accompanied by the pragmatic and faithful squire Sancho Panza,
Don Quixote rides the roads of 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.
Language: Arabic.
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