内容简介
Widelyregardedastheworld'sfirstmodernnovel,andoneofthefunniestandmosttragicbookseverwritten,DonQuixotechroniclesthefamouspicaresqueadventuresofthenobleknight-errantDonQuixoteofLaManchaandhisfaithfulsquire,SanchoPanza,astheytravelthroughsixteenth-centurySpain.Anabridgedversionoftheadventuresofaneccentriccountrygentlemanandhisfaithfulcompanionwhosetoutasknightandsquireofoldtorightwrongsandpunishevil.
作者简介
MiguelDeCervantesSaavedrawasborninSpainin1547toafamilyonceproudandinfluentialbutnowfallenonhardtimes.Hisfather,apoorbarber-surgeon,wanderedupanddownSpaininsearchofwork.EducatedasachildbytheJesuitsinSeville,thecreatorofDonQuixotegrewuptofollowthecareerofaprofessionalsoldier.HewaswoundedatLepantoin1571,capturedbytheTurksin1575,imprisonedforfiveyears,andwasfinallyrescuedbytheTrinitarianfriarsin1580.OnhisreturntoSpainhefoundhisfamilymoreimpoverishedthaneverbefore.Supportinghismother,twosisters,andanillegitimatedaughter,hesettleddowntoaliterarycareerandhadhopesofbecomingasuccessfulplaywright,butjustthentheyouthfulLopedeVegaenteredtriumphantlytotransformtheSpanishtheatrebyhisgenius.Galatea,apastoralromance,waspublishedin1585,theyearofCervantes’marriagetoCatalinadePalaciosySalazarVozmediano.Butitdidnotbringhimanescapefrompoverty,andhewasforcedtobecomearovingcommissaryfortheSpanisharmada.Thisventure,whichledtobankruptcyandjail,lastedforfifteenyears.Althoughheneverknewprosperity,Cervantesdidgainameasureoffameduringhislifetime,andDonQuixoteandSanchoPanzawereknownallovertheworld.PartIofDonQuixotewaspublishedin1605;in1613,hisExemplaryNovelsappeared,andthesepicaresquetalesofromanticadventuregainedimmediatepopularity.JourneytoParnassas,asatiricalreviewofhisfellowSpanishpoets,appearedin1614,andPartIIofDonQuixotein1615aswellasEightPlaysandEightInterludes.MigueldeCervantesdiedonApril23,1616,thesamedayasthedeathofShakespeare--hisEnglishcontemporary,hisonlypeer.
