Both Uses of
Don Quixote de la Mancha
in
Bleak House
- "You will lose the disinterested part of your Don Quixote character," said Lady Dedlock to Mr. Jarndyce over her shoulder again, "if you only redress the wrongs of beauty like this.†
Chpt 16-18
- As "Three high-backed chairs, a table and cover, long-necked bottle (containing wine), one flask, one Spanish female's costume, three-quarter face portrait of Miss Jogg the model, and a suit of armour containing Don Quixote."†
Chpt 28-30 *
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)