Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Barbara Nichol
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 0887767443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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A retelling of the exploits of an idealistic Spanish country gentleman and his shrewd squire who set out, as knights of old, to search for adventure, right wrongs, and punish evil.

Author: Miguel de Cervantes [Saavedra]
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486117677
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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How Don Quixote was knighted, his valiant battle with the windmills, and much more. English translations on facing pages of original Spanish text capture the flavor and romance of this literary masterpiece.

Author: Carroll B. Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781577661481
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature.Each volume: -- Illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text-- Uses clear, conversational language-- Is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages-- Includes a chronology of the author's life and era-- Provides an overview of the historical context-- Offers a summary of its critical reception-- Lists primary and secondary sources and index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Author: Kathy Acker
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802131928
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Facing the trauma of an abortion, a young woman mentally escapes by setting out on a series of adventures as Don Quixote.

Author: G.K. Chesterton
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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The Return of Don Quixote by G.K. Chesterton is about a sensitive librarian who, when tasked to play the part of Don Quixote in a medieval play, suddenly finds himself unable to change back. Excerpt: "The end of the longest room at Seawood Abbey was full of light; for the walls were almost made of windows and it projected upon a terraced part of the garden above the park on an almost cloudless morning. Murrel, called Monkey for some reason that everybody had forgotten, and Olive Ashley were taking advantage of the light to occupy themselves with painting; though she was painting on a very small scale and he on a very large one."

Author: Donald Barr
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1646546784
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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As a 12-year old boy, Sandy Preston loves reading books about the great knights of the Middle Ages. One day in the public library, a kindly librarian shows him a book about the famous knight, Don Quixote, written by Miguel Cervantes more than 400 years ago. While reading this book, Sandy is sent through a time warp to 17th century Spain, where he meets the very same Don Quixote who is in the book. Sandy gets to accompany Quixote on a series of adventures. Quixote explains to Sandy that it is the duty of a true knight errant to hold to his own beliefs and values, no matter what other people think or say. As they go through many of the adventures originally described by Cervantes, Sandy begins to see Quixote’s nobility. Sandy adopts the principles of knight errantry as his own. Quixote shares with his friends the story of how “Sir Sandy” has now come to represent a new generation of knight errantry. Thus ennobled, Sandy finds the time warp has re-opened, allowing him to get home just before his Mom returns from work. Over dinner, Sandy explains to his Mom what it is about knights that is so important to believe in. It’s about setting a moral standard to live by, even if others can’t see its value. Sandy’s Mom offers Sandy the opportunity to demonstrate this new standard through his schoolwork, and through helping those in need.

Author: Cervantes
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603841156
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 892

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James Montgomery's new translation of Don Quixote is the fourth already in the twenty-first century, and it stands with the best of them. It pays particular attention to what may be the hardest aspect of Cervantes's novel to render into English: the humorous passages, particularly those that feature a comic and original use of language. Cervantes would be proud. --Howard Mancing, Professor of Spanish, Purdue University and Vice President, Cervantes Society of America

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Knights and knighthood
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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