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John Ormsby (1829–1895) was a nineteenth-century Anglo-Irish translator. He is most famous for his 1885 English translation of Miguel de Cervantes ' Don Quixote de la Mancha, perhaps the most scholarly and accurate English translation of the novel up to that time. It is so precise that Samuel Putnam, who published his own English translation ...
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (/ s ɜːr ˈ v æ n t iː z,-t ɪ z / sur-VAN-teez, -tiz, [5] Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) [6] was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.
Jul 27, 2004 · David Widger. Summary. "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a classic novel written during the early 17th century. This groundbreaking work tells the story of an aging gentleman, Don Quixote, who becomes so enamored with tales of knight-errantry that he decides to embark on his own adventures as a self-proclaimed knight, accompanied ...
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
- Ormsby, John, 1829-1895
- Don Quixote
Feb 21, 2024 · information about this edition. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, Commons category, Wikidata item. Don Quixote de la Mancha is a novel by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and is considered one of the best novels in history. The first part was published in 1605 and the second in 1615.
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Feb 21, 2024 · by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Walter K. Kelly. Preface. →. information about this edition. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. Novelas ejemplares or The Exemplary Novels are a series of short stories by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The first edition was published in Madrid in 1613.
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by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Translated by John Ormsby VOLUME I. CHAPTER I. WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS OF THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old
