Don Quixote De La Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes
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Don Quixote De La Mancha

Author: Miguel de Cervantes

Narrator: Robert Whitfield

Unabridged: 36 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Don Quixote dons rusty armor to become a knighterrant, roaming the world to right wrongs. From his first encounter with a score of windmills to the night he takes a funeral procession to be a parade of monsters, Quixote manages nonetheless to experience moments of lucidity.

Author Bio

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra lived an unsettled life of hardship and adventure. After studying in Madrid (1568-69), he took part in the sea battle at Lepanto (1571) and in 1575 he was captured by pirates. Cervantes spent five years as a slave until his family could raise enough money to pay his ransom. His first play, LOS TRATOS DE ARGEL (1580), was based on his experiences as a Moorish captive. During the next 20 years he led a nomadic existence, also working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice, and wrote DON QUIXOTE in prison.

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