Don Quixote

Name: Don Quixote
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · Translated by John Ormsby

English · 1605–1615 · Fiction

Cervantes's comic novel about a Spanish gentleman who takes up knight-errantry with his squire Sancho Panza, often regarded as the first modern novel.

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Translator’s Preface
I: About This Translation
II: About Cervantes and Don Quixote
Part I
Dedication
Preface
Some Commendatory Verses
Chapter IIn a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call…
Chapter IIThese preliminaries settled, he did not care to put off any longer…
Chapter IIIHarassed by this reflection, he made haste with his scanty pothouse…
Chapter IVDay was dawning when Don Quixote quitted the inn, so happy, so gay…
Chapter VFinding, then, that, in fact he could not move, he thought himself of…
Chapter VIHe was still sleeping; so the curate asked the niece for the keys of…
Chapter VIIAt this instant Don Quixote began shouting out, “Here, here, valiant…
Chapter VIIIAt this point they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that…
Chapter IXIn the First Part of this history we left the valiant Biscayan and…
Chapter XNow by this time Sancho had risen, rather the worse for the handling…
Chapter XIHe was cordially welcomed by the goatherds, and Sancho, having as…
Chapter XIIJust then another young man, one of those who fetched their…
Chapter XIIIBut hardly had day begun to show itself through the balconies of the…
Chapter XIVSince thou dost in thy cruelty desire The ruthless rigour of thy…
Chapter XVThe sage Cide Hamete Benengeli relates that as soon as Don Quixote…
Chapter XVIThe innkeeper, seeing Don Quixote slung across the ass, asked Sancho…
Chapter XVIIBy this time Don Quixote had recovered from his swoon; and in the…
Chapter XVIIISancho reached his master so limp and faint that he could not urge on…
Chapter XIX“It seems to me, señor, that all these mishaps that have befallen us…
Chapter XX“It cannot be, señor, but that this grass is a proof that there must…
Chapter XXIIt now began to rain a little, and Sancho was for going into the…
Chapter XXIICide Hamete Benengeli, the Arab and Manchegan author, relates in this…
Chapter XXIIISeeing himself served in this way, Don Quixote said to his squire, “I…
Chapter XXIVThe history relates that it was with the greatest attention Don…
Chapter XXVDon Quixote took leave of the goatherd, and once more mounting…
Chapter XXVIReturning to the proceedings of him of the Rueful Countenance when he…
Chapter XXVIIThe curate’s plan did not seem a bad one to the barber, but on the…
Chapter XXVIIIHappy and fortunate were the times when that most daring knight Don…
Chapter XXIX“Such, sirs, is the true story of my sad adventures; judge for…
Chapter XXXThe curate had hardly ceased speaking, when Sancho said, “In faith…
Chapter XXXI“All that is not unsatisfactory to me,” said Don Quixote. “Go on…
Chapter XXXIITheir dainty repast being finished, they saddled at once, and without…
Chapter XXXIIIIn Florence, a rich and famous city of Italy in the province called…
Chapter XXXIV“It is commonly said that an army looks ill without its general and a…
Chapter XXXVThere remained but little more of the novel to be read, when Sancho…
Chapter XXXVIJust at that instant the landlord, who was standing at the gate of…
Chapter XXXVIITo all this Sancho listened with no little sorrow at heart to see how…
Chapter XXXVIIIContinuing his discourse Don Quixote said: “As we began in the…
Chapter XXXIXMy family had its origin in a village in the mountains of León, and…
Chapter XL“That is it exactly, according to my recollection,” said the captive.
Chapter XLIBefore fifteen days were over our renegade had already purchased an…
Chapter XLIIWith these words the captive held his peace, and Don Fernando said to…
Chapter XLIIIOne solitary distant star Is all I have to guide me, A brighter orb…
Chapter XLIVSo loud, in fact, were the shouts of Don Quixote, that the landlord…
Chapter XLV“What do you think now, gentlemen,” said the barber, “of what these…
Chapter XLVIWhile Don Quixote was talking in this strain, the curate was…
Chapter XLVIIWhen Don Quixote saw himself caged and hoisted on the cart in this…
Chapter XLVIII“It is as you say, señor canon,” said the curate; “and for that…
Chapter XLIX“Aha, I have caught you,” said Sancho; “this is what in my heart and…
Chapter L“A good joke, that!” returned Don Quixote. “Books that have been…
Chapter LIThree leagues from this valley there is a village which, though…
Chapter LIIThe goatherd’s tale gave great satisfaction to all the hearers, and…
Part II
Dedication
Preface
Chapter ICide Hamete Benengeli, in the Second Part of this history, and third…
Chapter IIThe history relates that the outcry Don Quixote, the curate, and the…
Chapter IIIDon Quixote remained very deep in thought, waiting for the bachelor…
Chapter IVSancho came back to Don Quixote’s house, and returning to the late…
Chapter VThe translator of this history, when he comes to write this fifth…
Chapter VIWhile Sancho Panza and his wife, Teresa Cascajo, held the above…
Chapter VIIThe instant the housekeeper saw Sancho Panza shut himself in with her…
Chapter VIII“Blessed be Allah the all-powerful!” says Hamete Benengeli on…
Chapter IX’Twas at the very midnight hour—more or less—when Don Quixote and…
Chapter XThe history relates that as soon as Don Quixote had ensconced himself…
Chapter XIDejected beyond measure did Don Quixote pursue his journey, turning…
Chapter XIIThe night succeeding the day of the encounter with Death, Don Quixote…
Chapter XIIIThe knights and the squires made two parties, these telling the story…
Chapter XIVAmong the things that passed between Don Quixote and the Knight of…
Chapter XVDon Quixote went off satisfied, elated, and vainglorious in the…
Chapter XVIDon Quixote pursued his journey in the high spirits, satisfaction…
Chapter XVIIWhen the author of this great history comes to relate what is set…
Chapter XVIIIDon Quixote found Don Diego de Miranda’s house built in village…
Chapter XIXDon Quixote had gone but a short distance beyond Don Diego’s village…
Chapter XXScarce had the fair Aurora given bright Phoebus time to dry the…
Chapter XXIWhile Don Quixote and Sancho were engaged in the discussion set forth…
Chapter XXIIMany and great were the attentions shown to Don Quixote by the newly…
Chapter XXIIIIt was about four in the afternoon when the sun, veiled in clouds…
Chapter XXIVHe who translated this great history from the original written by its…
Chapter XXVDon Quixote’s bread would not bake, as the common saying is, until he…
Chapter XXVIAll were silent, Tyrians and Trojans; I mean all who were watching…
Chapter XXVIICide Hamete, the chronicler of this great history, begins this…
Chapter XXVIIIWhen the brave man flees, treachery is manifest and it is for wise…
Chapter XXIXBy stages as already described or left undescribed, two days after…
Chapter XXXThey reached their beasts in low spirits and bad humour enough…
Chapter XXXISupreme was the satisfaction that Sancho felt at seeing himself, as…
Chapter XXXIIDon Quixote, then, having risen to his feet, trembling from head to…
Chapter XXXIIIThe history records that Sancho did not sleep that afternoon, but in…
Chapter XXXIVGreat was the pleasure the duke and duchess took in the conversation…
Chapter XXXVThey saw advancing towards them, to the sound of this pleasing music…
Chapter XXXVIThe duke had a majordomo of a very facetious and sportive turn, and…
Chapter XXXVIIThe duke and duchess were extremely glad to see how readily Don…
Chapter XXXVIIIFollowing the melancholy musicians there filed into the garden as…
Chapter XXXIXBy every word that Sancho uttered, the duchess was as much delighted…
Chapter XLVerily and truly all those who find pleasure in histories like this…
Chapter XLIAnd now night came, and with it the appointed time for the arrival of…
Chapter XLIIThe duke and duchess were so well pleased with the successful and…
Chapter XLIIIWho, hearing the foregoing discourse of Don Quixote, would not have…
Chapter XLIVIt is stated, they say, in the true original of this history, that…
Chapter XLVO perpetual discoverer of the antipodes, torch of the world, eye of…
Chapter XLVIWe left Don Quixote wrapped up in the reflections which the music of…
Chapter XLVIIThe history says that from the justice court they carried Sancho to a…
Chapter XLVIIIExceedingly moody and dejected was the sorely wounded Don Quixote…
Chapter XLIXWe left the great governor angered and irritated by that…
Chapter LCide Hamete, the painstaking investigator of the minute points of…
Chapter LIDay came after the night of the governor’s round; a night which the…
Chapter LIICide Hamete relates that Don Quixote being now cured of his scratches…
Chapter LIIITo fancy that in this life anything belonging to it will remain…
Chapter LIVThe duke and duchess resolved that the challenge Don Quixote had, for…
Chapter LVThe length of time he delayed with Ricote prevented Sancho from…
Chapter LVIThe duke and duchess had no reason to regret the joke that had been…
Chapter LVIIDon Quixote now felt it right to quit a life of such idleness as he…
Chapter LVIIIWhen Don Quixote saw himself in open country, free, and relieved from…
Chapter LIXA clear limpid spring which they discovered in a cool grove relieved…
Chapter LXIt was a fresh morning giving promise of a cool day as Don Quixote…
Chapter LXIDon Quixote passed three days and three nights with Roque, and had he…
Chapter LXIIDon Quixote’s host was one Don Antonio Moreno by name, a gentleman of…
Chapter LXIIIProfound were Don Quixote’s reflections on the reply of the enchanted…
Chapter LXIVThe wife of Don Antonio Moreno, so the history says, was extremely…
Chapter LXVDon Antonia Moreno followed the Knight of the White Moon, and a…
Chapter LXVIAs he left Barcelona, Don Quixote turned gaze upon the spot where he…
Chapter LXVIIIf a multitude of reflections used to harass Don Quixote before he…
Chapter LXVIIIThe night was somewhat dark, for though there was a moon in the sky…
Chapter LXIXThe horsemen dismounted, and, together with the men on foot, without…
Chapter LXXSancho slept that night in a cot in the same chamber with Don…
Chapter LXXIThe vanquished and afflicted Don Quixote went along very downcast in…
Chapter LXXIIAll that day Don Quixote and Sancho remained in the village and inn…
Chapter LXXIIIAt the entrance of the village, so says Cide Hamete, Don Quixote saw…
Chapter LXXIVAs nothing that is man’s can last forever, but all tends ever…

Source text: Standard Ebooks (original); CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Translation by John Ormsby. Re-typeset by ClassicBooksPress.com.

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