Title page of first edition (1605)
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Author | Miguel de Cervantes |
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Original title | El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha |
Country | Spain |
Language | Early Modern Spanish |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Francisco de Robles |
Publication date
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1605 (Part One) 1615 (Part Two) |
Published in English
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1612 (Part One) 1620 (Part Two) |
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LC Class | PQ6323 |
Don Quixote (/ˌdɒn kiːˈhoʊti/ or /ˌdɒn ˈkwɪksoʊt/;Spanish: [doŋ kiˈxote], formerly [doŋ kiˈʃote]), fully titled The history of the valorous and wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [el iŋxeˈnjoso iˈðalɣo ðoŋ kiˈxote ðe la ˈmantʃa]), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published, such as the Bokklubben World Library collection that cites Don Quixote as authors' choice for the "best literary work ever written".