Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator." Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera....

The adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire to right wrongs and punish evil.

The adventures of an idealistic country gentleman and his squire who set out, like knights of old, to search for adventure and to right wrongs.