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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete

Miguel de Cervantes

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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
  • Length215,412 words · 14h 22m of reading
  • Chapters70
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

70 chapters

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

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