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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born September 29, 1547, was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and one of the pinnacles of world literature. Much of his life was spent in poverty and obscurity, many of its details are disputed or unknown, and the bulk of his surviving work was produced in the three years preceding his death.

"The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha", or more simply "Don Quixote", is one of the most influential works of literature from a Spanish author. It is one of the earliest canonical novels, and is regularly cited as the best work of fiction ever published. A nameless hidalgo read so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out into the world as a knight, to bring justice under the name Don Quixote. The delusional hidalgo then recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, whose unique wit proves a marvelous addition to Don Quixote's idealistic bouts.

Disfruta de las aventuras del famoso caballero Don Quijote y su fiel escudero Sancho Panza en su lucha contra gigantes, molinos y otros peligros imaginarios. Esta es una historia que ha cautivado a generaciones enteras y que sigue siendo relevante hoy en día.

"Don Quichotte" est sans doute le roman espagnol le plus connu et le plus lu au monde. Sa publication remonte à 1605 pour la première partie et 1615 pour la seconde. Le récit se présente comme le fruit de recherches en archive et l'auteur s'invite volontiers dans la narration, ce qui en fait un roman moderne, considéré comme précurseur. Les aventures de Don Quichotte de la Manche décrivent un héros tour à tour comique, touchant, rêveur, fabuleux et courageux, qui est devenu aujourd'hui un véritable archétype littéraire.

As aventuras do nobre cavaleiro Dom Quixote e seu fiel escudeiro Sancho Pança são contadas de forma muito divertida neste audiolivro. Com trilha sonora executada pelo violonista Thiago Abdalla, oito atores interpretam as vozes dos mais de trinta personagens e do narrador da história. Vozes: Antonio Carlos Prado Mói (narrador); Alecs Lima (Dom Quixote); Angela Couto (ama, personagem aleatório, Amazona); Cristiana Galvão (primeira donzela, sobrinha Dolores, criada do albergue e mulher de Sancho Pança).

Edicion en audio conmemorativa del IV centenario de su primera publicacion (1605). En 1955 el mundo de habla espanola se preparaba para conmemorar los 350 anos de la primera edicion de esa obra maxima de la literatura universal que es "Don Quijote" de Cervantes.

Este gran libro fue publicado por primera vez hace más de 400 años, y Oyelo.com lo invita a disfrutar de la obra más grande de Miguel de Cervantes. Es una obra que sigue cautivando a la gente con las proezas de Don Quijote y las sinrazones de Sancho Panza. Ésta obra ha inspirado a grandes personajes como al Che Guevara por la gran búsqueda de ideales a los que nuestro héroe, Don Quijote, se esfuerza por alcanzar. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Don Quixote, der Ritter von der traurigen Gestalt, sein bauernschlauer Knappe Sancho Panza sowie der dürre Gaul Rosinante sind legendär. Ebenso legendär wie die warme Bariton-Stimme von Hans Paetsch, die wir aus unzähligen Märchenlesungen, Hörspielen und Filmen kennen: ein Gipfeltreffen voller Humor, Witz und Tiefgang. Zu hören sind alle weltberühmten, uns von Kindheit an vertrauten Taten Don Quixotes: Sein Kampf gegen die Windmühlen, die Attacke gegen staubumwölkte Hammelherden, die ihm mächtige Heere zu sein scheinen, und der blutige Kampf mit einigen Schläuchen roten Weines.

Don Quixote, the old gentleman of La Mancha, takes to the road in search of adventure and remains undaunted in the face of repeated disaster.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love is good. It’s positive, a source of joy, nourishment and all over goodness. But sometimes other more malevolent forces come to play. They infect that love, they see their form as better. Instinctively we would shy away but sometimes its pull is too powerful, almost attractive. We are drawn closer into the shadows.

Con las Novelas ejemplares Cervantes da nueva muestra de su inmenso talento como escritor. Esta aventura cervantina, que consiste en adaptar a la literatura española un género foráneo - la novela corta italiana - se salda con unos relatos magníficos, diversos en temas y registros - los hay picarescos, realistas, maravillosos - pero siempre sorprendentemente frescos y atractivos. Presididas por la intención ejemplarizante que les da el nombre, las Novelas ejemplares constituyen un impresionante mosaico de personajes y recursos narrativos.

Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food and because of so much reading.

This Audiobook contains the following works :. - The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald Track 1-9. - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Track 10-51. - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Track 52-92. - Ben-Hur - A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace Track 93-174. - Middlemarch by George Eliot Track 175-262. - Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Track 263- 390. - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Track 391-433. - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Track 434-480. - The Iliad by Homer Track 481-504. - The Odyssey by Homer Track 505-528.

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled "the first modern novel" and is sometimes considered the best literary work ever written.

Cervantes escribió "El Quijote" con la intención de parodiar los libros de caballerías, que consideraba simples sartas de disparates desprovistas de todo interés. Para conseguir su propósito, ideó la historia de un hidalgo aldeano que enloquece de tanto leer las inverosímiles hazañas de héroes como Amadís y Palmerín, y que, al igual que los caballeros andantes, se echa a los caminos con el noble afán de ayudar a los necesitados.

Entranced by romantic tales of heroism and chivalry, Don Quixote—self-proclaimed knight errant—embarks on a delusional quest for fame and adventure. The eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion Sancho encounter an array of unforgettable characters and undertake some of the most famously foolhardy exploits in literature. Listeners will delight in following their chivalrous misadventures to right wrongs and punish evil in this timeless, laugh-out-loud tale.

"La Gitanilla" es una de las 12 novelas cortas incluidas en su colección de "Novelas ejemplares", publicadas por primera vez en 1613. Estas novelas representan una variada muestra de géneros literarios y estilos narrativos que abordan temas como el amor, la aventura, la sátira social, la comedia y la tragedia. La historia de "La Gitanilla" gira en torno a una joven gitana llamada Preciosa y su romance con un joven noble llamado Juan de Carcome. La trama presenta elementos de romance y aventura, así como exploraciones sobre temas de identidad y prejuicios sociales.

Literature's famous gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha, his trusty squire Sancho Panza, and their adventures and mishaps, are told in this centuries-old classic, which features challenges with windmill monsters, castles masquerading as inns, as well as innkeepers, prostitutes, goat herders, soldiers, priests, escaped convicts, and scorned lovers. Don Quixote must do battle with all of these for the sake of chivalry and knighthood - at least, that is what he believes.

Considerada por la crítica como una de las novelas ejemplares más logradas, El celoso extremeño es la historia de un marido celoso hasta el punto de encerrar a Leonora, una muchacha con la que se casó, en su propia casa dejándole salir solamente de madrugada para asistir a misa. Finalmente, y pese a toda prevención, Leonora consigue hacer entrar a su amante y encontrarse con él. El asunto, por tanto, es el del marido excesivamente celoso, impotente para mantener encerrada a su joven esposa.

In volume two, we encounter the further adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, but without the long, rambling diversions contained in the earlier volume. Each chapter in part two is focused solely on the meandering travels of the famous pair as they make their way through one ridiculous situation after another.