Don Quixote
Don Quixote 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.... The story follows the adventures of a hidalgo named Mr. Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. Throughout the novel, Cervantes uses such literary techniques as realism, metatheatre, and intertextuality. It had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (1844), Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) and Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), as well as the word "quixotic" and the epithet "Lothario." Arthur Schopenhauer cited Don Quixote as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with Tristram Shandy, La Nouvelle Héloïse and Wilhelm Meister.
Don Quixote Vol. 1
Read by Expatriate
Running Time:18:58:10 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Don Quixote Vol. 2
Read by Expatriate
Running Time:19:34:31 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
The Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes
Read by Tim Ferreira, Margaret Espaillat, Elmay, Bob Neufeld, TriciaG, Barry Eads, Grant Hurlock, Kirk Ziggler, Amy Gramour, Ulf Bjorklund, D M Brought, MaryAnn Spiegal, Mary Herndon Bell and Bob Gonzalez
Running Time:18:10:12 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Originally compiled by Cervantes himself in 1613 as a collection of "exemplary" stories, this translated version from 1881 brings these stories to the English reader. Included in the collection are twelve stories selected by Cervantes, including "A Deceitful Marriage," which famously transitions seamlessly and humorously into the "Dialogue Between Scipio and Berganze".
Note: some stories may be offensive to some listeners.
Introductory Remarks
The Lady Cornelia
Rinconete and Cortadillo: Or, Peter of the Corner and the Little Cutter
The Licentiate Vidriera; Or, Doctor Glass-Case
Dialogue Between Scipio and Berganza, Dogs of the Hospital of the Resurrection in the City of Valladolid, Commonly Called the Dogs of Mahudes
The Little Gipsy Girl
The Generous Lover
The Spanish-English Lady
The Force of Blood
The Jealous Estramaduran
The Two Damsels