"Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes - Bookworm History
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2014
- Episode 7: On a soldier, a slave, and a sane madman
This episode is all about “Don Quixote", the tower of classic lit awesomeness by Miguel de Cervantes! We talk about the author’s life, the novel's history, and the remarkable way Cervantes was able to blur the fantasy and reality for both his characters and the reader.
I have had a copy of Don Quixote on every bookshelf in every place I’ve lived for the last 15 years and just got around to actually reading it about two months ago (the decision was made one sleepless night when, for the life of me, I could not get Linda Eder’s version of “Man of La Mancha” out of my head!). What I discovered was so much cooler than anything I could have anticipated.
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I read don Quixote many times in my life and every time Cervantes had a different amazing message for me. I strongly suggest you to read it again after 10 years. You'll find more fascinating stuff. Don Quixote has many layers, and it's a novel full of symbolism. It is an almost subversive criticism of Spain, carefully disguised under the role of a crazy knight, with the intention to avoid Inquisition. Finding the hidden messages of Cervantes is way more fascinating than chasing pokemons go. That is why this novel is an absolute best seller for centuries. Many people learnt Spanish just to read it in the original version.
This video, this book! I love Cervantes, even when he dithers! The text is like a 17th century novel, primer, soul mate, the list goes on, I caution people to read this slowly and with care. As for your video, astoundingly magificent, watched it many times..keep up the great work and enthusiasm. Cheers!
THE GREATEST PIECE OF LITERATURE EVER WRITTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your detailed explanation of this truly amazing book! Fascinating, how Cervantes partly experienced some of these
Amazing review !! I'm reading the book in Portuguese (Brazilian here) and the language is very similar of Spanish and the poetry of Cervantes while the story goes is just incredible
As a spanish speaker and book reader i bought Don Quijote as a must read book for me. like an obligation. to my surprise i found the book amazingly entertaning for a 400 years old book and even more surprising very fun! to this day its by far my favourite book of all.
Great reviews! Keep them coming!
I barely bought this book two days ago online and it's here ! I'm starting it tomorrow on my way to work.
I’ve never read this but you have definitely inspired me to see what I have been missing out on. Over 1000 pages! Biggest book ever!
Outstanding. Thank you. A big help !
a voice of thanks to you sir .you made mylife easier i had to understand this book for my tests but i could not summarise
A masterly description of the true myth, story, and composition of the Don Quixote tale. At one point the narrator here, hurriedly talking his way through the labyrinthine story, says in front to the camera " stop me if I talk to fast " This truly worthy of Cervantes himself who I could see smiling from antiquity.
Thank you so much!
This video is as much fun as reading the first pages of Don Quixote...🍾
Thank you!
The first great novel ever written . Yes, there had been other minor attempts before but this was pretty much the Big Bang of novels, and in a way it can be considered the greatest novel ever written.
Now I really want to read this book. But oh my it's long I'm afraid I won't pick it up anytime soon >,< Anyway I'm sold. You definitely put this book on my radar.
Yes, very well done there on an extremely difficult book to summarise.
Well well well lol it’s nice to get some shine 😂👌🏾✌🏾💯
Thanks. Do you have a translation that you recommend?