Don Quixote: The

DON QUIXOTE (El Ingenioso Don Quijote de ) was first published in in 1605 when Cervantes was 57 . The book was an immediate best-seller, but despite its success, Cervantes received very little money from the book as he had sold the rights to his publisher . Six editions were printed in the first year of its release . Part II was published in 1615 . A single edition containing both parts was published in 1617 . It is considered to be one of the greatest works of fiction ever written and is the most published and translated book after the Bible . Seven years after the first part appeared, it was translated into French, German, Italian and English . It was subsequently translated into English more than 19 times, and several abridged versions appear . Don Quixote is a humorous novel filled with satire: the first half of the novel is farcical, the second half serious and philosophical . Its picaresque style characterized it as a landmark work of literature . The novel’s widespread influence helped cement the modern . Don Quixote successfully straddled the two modes of literature popular at the time: the medieval IN ADDITION TO , and the modern novel . THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER RENDITIONS The character of Don Quixote was so popular that the word OF DON QUIXOTE: quixotic meaning “extravagantly chivalrous or romantic, , by Georg Philipp Telemann, visionary, impractical, impulsive and rashly unpredictable” Orchestral Suite (Dictionary .com) was incorporated into many languages . ♦ Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Camacho, by George Philipp Telemann, Die Hochzeit des Camacho, by , 1827 Opera Don Quichotte, by , 1910 Opera Master Peter’s Puppet Show, by Manuel de Falla, puppet opera written in 1923 Don Quixote, by , tone poem Don Quixote, by Leon Minkus, ballet written in 1869

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