Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's 1605 masterpiece is widely considered the first modern novel—and one of the greatest works ever written. An aging gentleman, his mind addled by too many tales of chivalry, sets out as a knight-errant to revive the age of heroes. Renaming himself Don Quixote, he charges windmills he believes to be giants, mistakes inns for castles, and recruits the loyal peasant Sancho Panza as his squire. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, the novel is a profound meditation on idealism and reality, madness and wisdom, and the dignity of dreaming impossible dreams in a disenchanted world. A Raven's Gate Classics edition with dramatic new cover art.