Classics
Don Quixote
A retired gentleman reads so many chivalry romances that he decides to become a knight, and sets out with his neighbour Sancho Panza as squire. Windmills, inns and travellers all become battlegrounds in his mind.
- First published
- 1605
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a funny, humane classic that invented a lot of what novels do today.
Skip this if you want a tight plot, because it is long and episodic.
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