The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete

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It was with considerable reluctance that I abandoned in favour of the present undertaking what had long been a favourite project: that of a new edition of Shelton’s “Don Quixote,” which has now become a somewhat scarce book. There are some--and I confess myself to be one--for whom Shelton’s racy old version, with all its defects, has a charm that no modern translation, however skilful or correct, could possess. Shelt…

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• AuthorMiguel de Cervantes
• SourceProject Gutenberg #5921
• Length216,457 words · 14h 26m of reading
• Chapters76
• DictionaryIncluded
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

76 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01Ebook Editor’s Note
2. 02Part I.
3. 03CHAPTER V IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHT’S MISHAP IS CONTINUED
4. 04CHAPTER XII OF WHAT A GOATHERD RELATED TO THOSE WITH DON QUIXOTE
5. 05CHAPTER XXIV IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIERRA MORENA
6. 06CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH IS RELATED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY”
7. 07CHAPTER XLI IN WHICH THE CAPTIVE STILL CONTINUES HIS ADVENTURES
8. 08CHAPTER XLIV IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURES OF THE INN
9. 09I: ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION
10. 10II: ABOUT CERVANTES AND DON QUIXOTE
11. 11URGANDA THE UNKNOWN
12. 12ON SANCHO
13. 13ON ROCINANTE
14. 14SONNET
15. 15To Don Quixote of La Mancha
16. 16THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE
17. 17DEDICATION OF PART I
18. 18CHAPTER I.
19. 19CHAPTER II.
20. 20CHAPTER III.
21. 21OF WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR KNIGHT WHEN HE LEFT THE INN
22. 22IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHT’S MISHAP IS CONTINUED
23. 23CHAPTER VI.
24. 24CHAPTER VII.
25. 25CHAPTER VIII.
26. 26CHAPTER IX.
27. 27CHAPTER X.
28. 28WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH CERTAIN GOATHERDS
29. 29ANTONIO’S BALLAD
30. 30OF WHAT A GOATHERD RELATED TO THOSE WITH DON QUIXOTE
31. 31CHAPTER XIII.
32. 32CHAPTER XIV.
33. 33THE LAY OF CHRYSOSTOM
34. 34CHAPTER XV.
35. 35CHAPTER XVI.
36. 36CHAPTER XVII.
37. 37CHAPTER XVIII.
38. 38CHAPTER XIX.
39. 39CHAPTER XX.
40. 40CHAPTER XXI.
41. 41CHAPTER XXII.
42. 42CHAPTER XXIII.
43. 43SONNET
44. 44IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIERRA MORENA
45. 45CHAPTER XXV.
46. 46CHAPTER XXVI.
47. 47CHAPTER XXVII.
48. 48SONNET
49. 49CHAPTER XXVIII.
50. 50CHAPTER XXIX.
51. 51CHAPTER XXX.
52. 52CHAPTER XXXI.
53. 53WHICH TREATS OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE’S PARTY AT THE INN
54. 54CHAPTER XXXIII.
55. 55CHAPTER XXXIV.
56. 56CHAPTER XXXV.
57. 57CHAPTER XXXVI.
58. 58CHAPTER XXXVII.
59. 59CHAPTER XXXVIII.
60. 60WHEREIN THE CAPTIVE RELATES HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
61. 61CHAPTER XL.
62. 62IN WHICH THE CAPTIVE STILL CONTINUES HIS ADVENTURES
63. 63CHAPTER XLII.
64. 64CHAPTER XLIII.
65. 65IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURES OF THE INN
66. 66CHAPTER XLV.
67. 67CHAPTER XLVI.
68. 68CHAPTER XLVII.
69. 69CHAPTER XLVIII.
70. 70CHAPTER XLIX.
71. 71CHAPTER L.
72. 72CHAPTER LI.
73. 73CHAPTER LII.
74. 74SONNET
75. 75SONNET
76. 76SONNET

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