All 4 Uses of
Don Quixote de la Mancha
in
The Idiot
- She laughed when, about a week later, she happened to notice the name of the book, and saw that it was Don Quixote, but it would be difficult to say exactly why.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- "A month ago you were turning over the pages of your Don Quixote, and suddenly called out 'there is nothing better than the poor knight.'†
Chpt 2.6
- I don't know whom you were referring to, of course, whether to Don Quixote, or Evgenie Pavlovitch, or someone else, but you certainly said these words, and afterwards there was a long conversation…."†
Chpt 2.6
- He is a Don Quixote, only serious and not comical.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(Don Quixote de la Mancha) comedic book written by Spaniard, Miguel de Cervantes which satirizes chivalry; some think the finest book written in Spanish and certainly one that influenced literature that followed (1605)