DON QUIXOTE唐吉诃德 内容简介

cervantes’tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant,tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, dulcinea del toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as flaubert, picasso and richard strauss. the tall, thin knight and his short, fat squire, sancho panza, have found their way into films, cartoons and even computer games. supposedly intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction of the day, the "books of chivalry", this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature.
on his "heroic" journey don quixote meets characters of every class and condition, from the prostitute maritornes, who is commended for her christian charity, to the knight of the green coat,who seems to embody some of the constraints of virtue.
cervantes’ greatest work can be enjoyed on many levels, an suffused with a subtle irony that reaches out to encompass the reader, and does not leave the author outside its circle.
peter motteux’ s fine eighteenth-century translation, acknowledged as one of the best, brilliantly succeeds in communicating the spirit of the original spanish.

DON QUIXOTE唐吉诃德 目录

part one
the author’s preface to the reader
book ⅰ
ⅰ the quality and manner of life of the renowned don quixote de la mancha
ⅱ of don quixote’s first sally
ⅲ an account of the pleasant method taken by don quixote to be dubbed a knight
ⅳ what befell the knight after he had left the inn
ⅴ a further account of our knight’s mioeortunes
ⅵ of the pleasant and curious scrutiny with the curate and the barber made of the library of our ingenious gentleman
ⅶ don quixote’s second sally in quest of adventure
ⅷ of the good success which the valorous don quixote had in the most terrifying and never-to-be-imagined adventure of the wind-mills, with other transactions worthy to be transmitted to posterity
book ⅱ
ⅰ the event of the most stupendous combat between the brave biscainer and the valorous don quixote
ⅱ what farther befell don quixote with the biscainer; and of the danger he ran among a parcel of yanguesians
ⅲ what passed between don quixote and the goatherd
ⅳ the story which a young goatherd told to those that were
with don quixote
ⅴ a continuation of the story of marcella
ⅵ the unfortunate shepherd’s verses and other unexpected matters
book ⅲ
ⅰ giving an account of don quixote’s unfortunate rencounter with certain bloody-minded and wicked yanguesian carriers
ⅱ what happened to don quixote in the inn which he took
for a castle
ⅲ afurtheraccount of the innumerable hardships which the brave don quixote, and his worthy squire sancho, underwent in the inn
ⅳ of the discourse between the knight and the squire, with other matters worth relating
ⅴ of the wise discourse between sancho and his master; as also of the adventure of the dead corpse, and other famous occurrences
ⅵ of a wonderful adventure achieved by the valorous don quixote de la mancha; the like never compassed with less danger by any of the most famous knights in the world
ⅶ of the high adventure and conquest of mambrino’s helmet, with other events relating to our invincible knight
ⅷ how don quixote set free many miserable creatures, who were carrying, much against their wills, to a place they did not like
book ⅳ
part two