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Sep 2022
9h 47m

Don Quixote (Good Version)

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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece, in an expanded P.S. edition

Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote  of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel  through sixteenth-century Spain. You haven't experienced Don Quixote in English until you've read this masterful translation.

This  P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book,  including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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