wpboger 's review for:

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

5.0

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Obvious, now, how many of my favorite novels were inspired or influenced by “Don Quixote.” Less expected was how often I felt sorry for him, saddened by the turn of his adventures and how easily his madness is manipulated by others. All the same, I was fascinated by the era, country, and society described, and laughed aloud in several chapters. Equal parts road novel, sex romp, satire, and philosophical treatise, it might really be “the first modern novel.” I don’t know if I could read it again, but I might revisit specific chapters many times.