The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I

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Author

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616

Title

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete

Credits

David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Romances

Category

Text

eBook-No.

5921

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5921

Release Date

July 19, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DON QUIXOTE
2. 2.by Miguel de Cervantes — Translated by John Ormsby — Volume I. — Ebook Editor’s Note
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE — I: ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION
5. 5.SOME COMMENDATORY VERSES — URGANDA THE UNKNOWN — AMADIS OF GAUL — DON BELIANIS OF GREECE — THE LADY OF ORIANA — GANDALIN, SQUIRE OF AMADIS OF GAUL, — FROM EL DONOSO, THE MOTLEY POET, — ORLANDO FURIOSO — THE KNIGHT OF PHŒBUS — FROM SOLISDAN — DIALOGUE
6. 6.THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE
7. 7.DEDICATION OF PART I
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS OF THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — WHICH TREATS OF THE FIRST SALLY THE INGENIOUS DON QUIXOTE MADE FROM HOME
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE DROLL WAY IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE HAD HIMSELF DUBBED A KNIGHT
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — OF WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR KNIGHT WHEN HE LEFT THE INN
12. 12.CHAPTER V. — IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHT’S MISHAP IS CONTINUED
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — OF THE DIVERTING AND IMPORTANT SCRUTINY WHICH THE CURATE AND THE BARBER MADE IN THE LIBRARY OF OUR INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — OF THE SECOND SALLY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — OF THE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE HAD IN THE TERRIBLE AND UNDREAMT-OF ADVENTURE OF THE WINDMILLS, WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES WORTHY TO BE FITLY RECORDED
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — IN WHICH IS CONCLUDED AND FINISHED THE TERRIFIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE GALLANT BISCAYAN AND THE VALIANT MANCHEGAN
17. 17.CHAPTER X. — OF THE PLEASANT DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH CERTAIN GOATHERDS
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — OF WHAT A GOATHERD RELATED TO THOSE WITH DON QUIXOTE
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — IN WHICH IS ENDED THE STORY OF THE SHEPHERDESS MARCELA, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — WHEREIN ARE INSERTED THE DESPAIRING VERSES OF THE DEAD SHEPHERD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS NOT LOOKED FOR
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — IN WHICH IS RELATED THE UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURE THAT DON QUIXOTE FELL IN WITH WHEN HE FELL OUT WITH CERTAIN HEARTLESS YANGUESANS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. — OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN IN THE INN WHICH HE TOOK TO BE A CASTLE
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. — IN WHICH ARE CONTAINED THE INNUMERABLE TROUBLES WHICH THE BRAVE DON QUIXOTE AND HIS GOOD SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA ENDURED IN THE INN, WHICH TO HIS MISFORTUNE HE TOOK TO BE A CASTLE
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. — IN WHICH IS RELATED THE DISCOURSE SANCHO PANZA HELD WITH HIS MASTER, DON QUIXOTE, AND OTHER ADVENTURES WORTH RELATING
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. — OF THE SHREWD DISCOURSE WHICH SANCHO HELD WITH HIS MASTER, AND OF THE ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL HIM WITH A DEAD BODY, TOGETHER WITH OTHER NOTABLE OCCURRENCES
27. 27.CHAPTER XX. — OF THE UNEXAMPLED AND UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURE WHICH WAS ACHIEVED BY THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA WITH LESS PERIL THAN ANY EVER ACHIEVED BY ANY FAMOUS KNIGHT IN THE WORLD
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. — WHICH TREATS OF THE EXALTED ADVENTURE AND RICH PRIZE OF MAMBRINO’S HELMET, TOGETHER WITH OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO OUR INVINCIBLE KNIGHT
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII. — OF THE FREEDOM DON QUIXOTE CONFERRED ON SEVERAL UNFORTUNATES WHO AGAINST THEIR WILL WERE BEING CARRIED WHERE THEY HAD NO WISH TO GO
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII. — OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE SIERRA MORENA, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE RAREST ADVENTURES RELATED IN THIS VERACIOUS HISTORY
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV. — IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIERRA MORENA
32. 32.CHAPTER XXV. — WHICH TREATS OF THE STRANGE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THE STOUT KNIGHT OF LA MANCHA IN THE SIERRA MORENA, AND OF HIS IMITATION OF THE PENANCE OF BELTENEBROS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI. — IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE REFINEMENTS WHEREWITH DON QUIXOTE PLAYED THE PART OF A LOVER IN THE SIERRA MORENA
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII. — OF HOW THE CURATE AND THE BARBER PROCEEDED WITH THEIR SCHEME; TOGETHER WITH OTHER MATTERS WORTHY OF RECORD IN THIS GREAT HISTORY
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII. — WHICH TREATS OF THE STRANGE AND DELIGHTFUL ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL THE CURATE AND THE BARBER IN THE SAME SIERRA
36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX. — WHICH TREATS OF THE DROLL DEVICE AND METHOD ADOPTED TO EXTRICATE OUR LOVE-STRICKEN KNIGHT FROM THE SEVERE PENANCE HE HAD IMPOSED UPON HIMSELF
37. 37.CHAPTER XXX. — WHICH TREATS OF ADDRESS DISPLAYED BY THE FAIR DOROTHEA, WITH OTHER MATTERS PLEASANT AND AMUSING
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXI. — OF THE DELECTABLE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA, HIS SQUIRE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXII. — WHICH TREATS OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE’S PARTY AT THE INN
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIII. — IN WHICH IS RELATED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY”
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIV. — IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY”
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXV. — WHICH TREATS OF THE HEROIC AND PRODIGIOUS BATTLE DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH CERTAIN SKINS OF RED WINE, AND BRINGS THE NOVEL OF “THE ILL-ADVISED CURIOSITY” TO A CLOSE
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVI. — WHICH TREATS OF MORE CURIOUS INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AT THE INN
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVII. — IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE STORY OF THE FAMOUS PRINCESS MICOMICONA, WITH OTHER DROLL ADVENTURES
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — WHICH TREATS OF THE CURIOUS DISCOURSE DON QUIXOTE DELIVERED ON ARMS AND LETTERS
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXIX. — WHEREIN THE CAPTIVE RELATES HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
47. 47.CHAPTER XL. — IN WHICH THE STORY OF THE CAPTIVE IS CONTINUED.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLI. — IN WHICH THE CAPTIVE STILL CONTINUES HIS ADVENTURES
49. 49.CHAPTER XLII. — WHICH TREATS OF WHAT FURTHER TOOK PLACE IN THE INN, AND OF SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WORTH KNOWING
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIII. — WHEREIN IS RELATED THE PLEASANT STORY OF THE MULETEER, TOGETHER WITH OTHER STRANGE THINGS THAT CAME TO PASS IN THE INN
51. 51.CHAPTER XLIV. — IN WHICH ARE CONTINUED THE UNHEARD-OF ADVENTURES OF THE INN
52. 52.CHAPTER XLV. — IN WHICH THE DOUBTFUL QUESTION OF MAMBRINO’S HELMET AND THE PACK-SADDLE IS FINALLY SETTLED, WITH OTHER ADVENTURES THAT OCCURRED IN TRUTH AND EARNEST
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVI. — OF THE END OF THE NOTABLE ADVENTURE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE HOLY BROTHERHOOD; AND OF THE GREAT FEROCITY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT, DON QUIXOTE
54. 54.CHAPTER XLVII. — OF THE STRANGE MANNER IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA WAS CARRIED AWAY ENCHANTED, TOGETHER WITH OTHER REMARKABLE INCIDENTS
55. 55.CHAPTER XLVIII. — IN WHICH THE CANON PURSUES THE SUBJECT OF THE BOOKS OF CHIVALRY, WITH OTHER MATTERS WORTHY OF HIS WIT
56. 56.CHAPTER XLIX. — WHICH TREATS OF THE SHREWD CONVERSATION WHICH SANCHO PANZA HELD WITH HIS MASTER DON QUIXOTE
57. 57.CHAPTER L. — OF THE SHREWD CONTROVERSY WHICH DON QUIXOTE AND THE CANON HELD, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS
58. 58.CHAPTER LI. — WHICH DEALS WITH WHAT THE GOATHERD TOLD THOSE WHO WERE CARRYING OFF DON QUIXOTE
59. 59.CHAPTER LII. — OF THE QUARREL THAT DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE GOATHERD, TOGETHER WITH THE RARE ADVENTURE OF THE PENITENTS, WHICH WITH AN EXPENDITURE OF SWEAT HE BROUGHT TO A HAPPY CONCLUSION

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