I have to say that I haven't made it very far in Don Quixote, only to the prologue! Unfortunately the entire prologue reminded me of trying to read some of Shakespeare's plays, lots of thee's and thou's. I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised since this was published from 1605-1615, and that was the standard English of the time, but I just found myself having trouble wrapping my mind around it!!
Which now that I think about it I sadly thought that this book was newer, around the 1700s or 1800s.
I did some wikipediaing because I was interested in seeing what information there was on the book as well as the author and I learned that both Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare are said to have passed away on the same day, April 23, 1616. But its in dispute apparently!
I've seen a lot of different spoofs and movies about this book, including the Wishbone version on PBS back in the day, but I never considered actually reading it. I'm looking forward to it and I hope that it is as good as all the stuff I've seen and heard about it!!
You gotta love Wikipedia! The fact that Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died on the same day is really interesting, even if it's being disputed! I read the brief bio on him in my book and I know his date of birth is a bit hazy. So far it seems only the year is concrete. I'm curious to see how many things in his life influenced Don Quixote.
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