wherein is rehearsed the calling and exercise of the renowned gentleman, Don Quixote of the Mancha -- Of the First Sally That Don Quixote made to seek adventures -- Wherein is recounted the pleasant manner observed in the knighting of Don Quixote -- Of that which befel to our knight after he departed from the inn -- Wherein is prosecuted former narration of our knight's misfortunes -- Of the pleasant and curious search made by the curate and the barber of Don Quixote's library -- Of the second departure which our good knight, Don Quixote, made from his house to seek adventures -- Of the good success Don Quixote had, in the dreadful and never-imagined adventure of the windmills, with other accidents worthy to be recorded -- Wherein is related the events of the fearful battle which the gallant Biscaine fought with Don Quixote -- Of that which after befel Don Quixote when he had left the ladies -- Of that which passed between Don Quixote and certain goatherds -- Of that which one of the goatherds recounted to those that were with Don Quixote -- Wherein is finished the history of the Shepherdess Marcela, with other accidents -- Wherein Are rehearsed the despairing verses of the dead shepherd, with other unexpected accidents

Wherein is rehearsed the unfortunate adventure which happened to Don Quixote, by encountering with certain Yanguesian carriers -- Of that which happened unto the ingenuous knight within the inn, which he supposed to be a castle -- Wherein are rehearsed the innumerable misfortunes which Don Quixote and his good Squire Sancho suffered in the inn, which he, to his harm, thought to be a castle -- Wherein are rehearsed the discourses passed between Sancho Panza and his lord, Don Quixote, with other adventures worthy the recital -- Of the discreet discourse passed between Sancho and his lord; with the adventure succeeding of a dead body; and other notable occurrences -- Of a wonderful adventure, achieved with less hazard than ever any other knight did any, by the valorous Don Quixote of the Mancha -- Of the high adventure and rich winning of the helmet of Mambrino, with other successes which befel the invincible knight -- Of the liberty Don Quixote gave to many wretches, who were a-carrying perforce to a place they desired not -- Of that which befel the famous Don Quixote in Sierra Morena which was one of the most rare adventures that in this or any other so authentic a history is recounted -- Wherein is prosecuted the adventure of Sierra Morena -- Which treats of the strange adventures that happened to the knight of the Mancha in Sierra Morena; and of the penance he did there, in imitation of Beltenebros -- Wherein are prosecuted the pranks played by Don Quixote in his amorous humours in the mountains of Sierra Morena -- How the curate and the barber put their design in practice, with many other things worthy to be recorded in this famous history

Wherein is discoursed the new and pleasant adventure that happened to the curate and the barber in Sierra Morena -- Which treats of the discretion of the beautiful Dorothea, and the artificial manner used to dissuade the amorous knight from continuing his penance; and how he was gotten away; with many other delightful and pleasant occurrences -- Of many pleasant discourses passed between Don Quixote and those of his company, after he had abandoned the rigorous place of his penance -- Of the pleasant discourses continued between Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza, with other adventures -- Treating of that which befel all Don Quixote his train in the inn -- Wherein is rehearsed the history of the curious-impertinent -- Wherein is prosecuted the history of the curious-impertinent -- Wherein is ended the history of the curious-impertinent: and likewise recounted the rough encounter and conflict passed between Don Quixote and certain bags of red wine -- Which treats of many rare successes befallen in the inn -- Wherein is prosecuted the history of the famous princess micomicona, with other delightful adventures -- Treating of the curious discourse made by Don Quixote upon the exercises of arms and letters -- Wherein the captive recounteth his life, and other accidents -- Wherein is prosecuted the history of the captive -- Wherein the captive prosecuteth the pleasant narration of his life -- Which speaks of that which after befel in the inn, and of sundry other things worthy to be known -- Wherein is recounted the history of the lackey, with other strange adventures befallen in the inn -- Wherein are prosecuted the wonderful adventures of the inn -- Where are decided the controversies of the helmet of Mambrino and the Pannel, and other strange and most true adventures -- In which is finished the notable adventure of the troopers, and the great ferocity of our knight, Don Quixote, and how he was enchanted -- Wherein is prosecuted the manner of Don Quixote's enchantment, with other famous occurrences -- Wherein the canon prosecutes his discourse upon books of chivalry, and many other things worthy of his wit -- Wherein the discreet discourse that passed between Sancho Panza and his lord Don Quixote is expressed -- Of the discreet contention between Don Quixote and the canon, with other accidents -- Relating that which the goatherd told to those that carried away Don Quixote -- Of the falling out of Don Quixote and the goatherd; with the adventure of the disciplinants, to which the knight gave end to his cost -- Epitaphs and Eulogies -- Glossary

Although published nearly 400 years ago in Spanish, this parody of the chivalrous life remains amazingly familiar in translation today-perhaps from the extensive influence it has played on novelists, playwrights and even composers over the centuries, or perhaps from its eternal story of the childlike and comic view of a decayed world by a madman stuck in a golden past

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