The History of That Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quijote de la Mancha

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

THE HISTORY OF THAT
INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN
DON QUIJOTE
DE LA MANCHA

translated from the Spanish by
BURTON RAFFEL

Introduction by
DIANA DE ARMAS WILSON

W · W · NORTON & COMPANY · New York · London

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Publication Information: Book Title: The History of That Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quijote de la Mancha. Contributors: Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra - author, Burton Raffel - transltr. Publisher: W. W. Norton. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1995. Page Number: *.

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Title Page

The History of That Ingenious Gentleman Don Quijote de la Mancha

Introduction

Translator's Note

Volume One

Prologue

Chapter One: Which Deals with the Status and Way of Life of the Famous Knight, Don Quijote de la Mancha

Part One

Chapter Two: Which Deals with Don Quijote's First Expedition Away from His Home

Chapter Three: In Which We Learn How Cleverly Don Quijote Decided to Have Himself Dubbed a Knight

Chapter Four: What Happened to Our Knight When He Left the Inn

Chapter Five: Which Continues the Tale of Our Knight's Misfortune

Chapter Six: The Entertaining and Thorough Inquisition into the Library of Our Ingenious Gentleman Made by the Priest and the Barber

Chapter Seven: The Second Expedition of Our Good Knight, Don Quijote de la Mancha

Chapter Eight: The Great Success Won by Our Brave Don Quijote in His Dreadful, Unimaginable Encounter with Two Windmills, Plus Other Honorable Events Well Worth Remembering

Chapter Nine: In Which is Narrated the End of the Stupendous Battle between the Gallant Basque and the Brave Knight of la Mancha

Part Two

Chapter Ten: A Lively Discussion between Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, His Squire

Chapter Eleven: What Happened between Don Quijote and the Goatherds

Chapter Twelve: What a Goatherd Came and Told Them

Chapter Thirteen: in Which We Reach the End of Marcela the Shepherdess' Tale, Plus Other Matters

Chapter Fourteen: in Which is Set out the Despairing Shepherd's Poem, along with Other Unexpected Events

Part Three

Chapter Fifteen: Wherein is Narrated the Unfortunate Adventure Don Quijote Ran into When He Fell in with Some Heartless Yangüeses

Chapter Sixteen: What Happened to Our Ingenious Gentleman in the Inn Which He Imagined Was a Castle

Chapter Seventeen: In Which We Continue Telling the Endless Troubles Experienced by Our Brave Don Quijote and His Squire Sancho Panza, in the Inn Which, Unluckily for Him, Our Knight Thought Was a Castle

Chapter Eighteen: Which Tells of Sancho Panza's Conversation with His Master, Don Quijote, and Other Matters Worth Recounting

Chapter Nineteen: of Sancho's Wise Remarks to His Master, and the Adventure with a Dead Body, along with Other Remarkable Events

Chapter Twenty: of the Never-Before Seen, Absolutely Unheard-Of Adventure Accom Plished by the Brave Don Quijote de la Mancha, with Less Danger Than Ever Experienced by Any Famous Knight in the Entire World

Chapter Twenty-One: Dealing with the Exalted Adventure and Golden Reward of Mambrino's Helmet, Together with Other Things Which Happened to Our Invincible Knight

Chapter Twenty-Two: How Don Quijote Freed Many Miserable Wretches Who, Most Unwilling, Were Being Taken Where They Did Not Want to Go

Chapter Twenty-Three: What Happened to Our Famous Don Quijote in the Sierra Morena Mountains One of the Strangest Adventures Narrated in This Entire Veracious History

Chapter Twenty-Four: Continuation of the Adventure in the Sierra Morena Mountains

Chapter Twenty-Five: Dealing with the Strange Things That Happened to the Brave Knight of la Mancha in the Sierra Morena Mountains, Including His Imitation of Beltenebros [amadis of Gaul]'s Penitence

Chapter Twenty-Six: in Which We See Still More of Don Quijote's Splendid Testimonials to Love, as Performed by Him in the Sierra Morena Mountains

Chapter Twenty-Seven: How the Priest and the Barber's Plan Worked Out, with Other Matters Worthy of Being Included in This Magnificent Tale

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Which Deals with an Unusual but Charming Adventure Experienced by the Priest and the Barber in Those Same Mountains

Part Four

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Dealing with the Clever Trick Used to Rescue Our Love-Stricken Knight from the Harsh Penitence He'd Undertaken

Chapter Thirty: Which Deals with the Beautiful Dorotea's Wisdom, along with Other Joyous and Entertaining Matters

Chapter Thirty-One: the Delightful Conversation between Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, His Squire, Together with Other Events

Chapter Thirty-Two: Which Deals with What Happened to Don Quijote and His Company in the Inn

Chapter Thirty-Three: Which Narrates the Story of the Man Who Couldn't Keep from Prying

Chapter Thirty-Four: Which Continues the Story of the Man Who Couldn't Keep from Prying

Chapter Thirty-Five: the End of the Story of the Man Who Couldn't Keep from Prying

Chapter Thirty-Six: Which Discusses Don Quijote's Noble but Unusual Battle against Several Wineskins Filled with Red Wine, along with Other Strange Things That Took Place at the Inn

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Which Continues the Tale of the Famous Princess Micomicona, along with Other Pleasant Adventures

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Dealing with Don Quijote's Unusual Speech about Arms versus Learning

Chapter Thirty-Nine: in Which the Captive Tells the Story of His Life

Chapter Forty: Which Continues the Captive's Tale

Chapter Forty-One: the Captive's Tale Continues

Chapter Forty-Two: What Happened Next, along with a Good Many Other Things Well Worth Knowing

Chapter Forty-Three: Which Narrates the Pleasant Tale of the Young Muledriver, along with the Other Things That Took Place in the Inn

Chapter Forty-Four: in Which These Extraordinary Events Are Continued

Chapter Forty-Five: in Which the Investigation into the Helmet and the Saddlebag is Concluded, along with Other Events of an Equally Veracious Nature

Chapter Forty-Six: More about Our Worthy Knight Don Quijote's Remarkable Encounter with the Policemen, and His Incredible Ferocity

Chapter Forty-Seven: All about Don Quijote de la Mancha's Strange Enchantment, along with Other Celebrated Events

Chapter Forty-Eight: in Which the Cathedral Priest Continues to Discuss the Subject Matter of Books of Chivalry, along with Other Matters Worthy of His Intelligence

Chapter Forty-Nine: Dealing with Sancho Pancho's Perceptive Conversation with His Master, Don Quijote

Chapter Fifty: of the Learned Discussion between Don Quijote and the Cathedral Priest, as Well as Other Events

Chapter Fifty-One: What the Goatherd Told All Those Who Were Bringing Don Quijote Home

Chapter Fifty-Two: Don Quijote's Fight with the Goatherd, as Well as His Strange Adventure with the Flagellants, Which with Great Effort He Brought to a Happy Ending

Volume Two

Dedication: to the Count of Lemos

Prologue: To the Reader

Chapter One: Conversations about Our Knight's Illness, between and among the Priest, the Barber, and Don Quijote Himself

Chapter Two: Which Deals with Sancho Panza's Remarkable Quarrel with Don Quijote's Niece and Housekeeper, Together with Other Delightful Matters

Chapter Three: All about the Absurd Conversation among Don Quijote, Sancho Panza, and Samson Carrasco, the College Graduate

Chapter Four: in Which Sancho Panza Satisfies Samson Carrasco's Doubts and Answers His Questions, Together with Other Matters Well Worth Noting and Recounting

Chapter Five: the Wise and Witty Conversation between Sancho Panza and His Wife, Teresa Panza, along with Other Matters Worth Felicitous Commemoration

Chapter Six: What Took Place between Don Quijote and His Niece and His Housekeeper: One of the Most Important Chapters in This Entire History

Chapter Seven: Don Quijote's Conversation with His Squire, along with Other Notable Occurrences

Chapter Eight: Which Tells What Happened to Don Quijote, as He Was Going to Visit His Lady, Dulcinea del Toboso

Chapter Nine: Which Tells What It Tells

Chapter Ten: in Which We Are Told How Skilfully Sancho Enchanted the Lady Dulcinea, along with Other Events Quite as Ridiculous as Truthful

Chapter Eleven: Don Quijote's Strange Adventure with a Cart, or Wagon, Belonging to Death's Followers

Chapter Twelve: the Strange Adventure Experienced by Our Valiant Den Quijote with the Brave Looking Glass Knight

Chapter Thirteen: Continuation of the Adventure of the Knight of the Wood, along with the Wise, Novel, and Mellow Conversation between the Two Squires

Chapter Fourteen: Continuing the Adventure of the Knight of the Wood

Chapter Fifteen: Which Records and Explains the True Identities of the Knight of the Mirrors and His Squire

Chapter Sixteen: What Happened When Don Quijote Met a Sensible Gentleman from la Mancha

Chapter Seventeen: Which Exhibits for Us the Absolute Height and Furthest Extreme to Which Don Quijote's Unheard of Courage Soared or Ever Could Soar, along with the Happily Concluded Adventure of the Lions

Chapter Eighteen: What Happened to Don Quijote in the Castle (or House) of the Knight of the Green Overcoat, along with Other Odd and Unusual Things

Chapter Nineteen: Which Tells the Adventure of the Lovesick Shepherd, along with Other Truly Charming Matters

Chapter Twenty: the Story of Camacho the Rich's Wedding, and What Happened to Poor Basilio

Chapter Twenty-One: Which Tells More of Camacho's Wedding, along with Other Pleasant Events

Chapter Twenty-Two: Which Tells of the Great Adventure of Montesinos' Cave, Right in the Heart of la Mancha, Which Adventure the Brave Don Quijote de la Mancha Brought to a Happy Conclusion

Chapter Twenty-Three: the Remarkable Things the Incomparable Don Quijote Said He Had Seen in the Depths of Montesinos' Cave, the Sheer Implausibility and Magnificence of Which Make This Adventure Seem Distinctly Apocryphal

Chapter Twenty-Four: Which Narrates a Thousand Trifles, Each and All of Them as Irrelevant as They Are Also Necessary to Any Proper Understanding of This Great History

Chapter Twenty-Five: Which Sets out the Donkey-Braying Adventure and the Puppeteer's Charming Tale, along with the Remarkable Prophecies of the Prophetic Monkey

Chapter Twenty-Six: Continuation of the Puppeteer's Charming Tale, along with Other Truly First-Rate Things

Chapter Twenty-Seven: in Which It is Explained Who Maestro Pedro and His Monkey Were, Together with the Unfortunate Outcome of the Braying-Adventure, Which Did Not End as Don Quijote Had Expected or Wanted It to

Chapter Twenty-Eight: What Sidi Hamid Benegeli Says His Readers Can Learn, If They Read Carefully

Chapter Twenty-Nine: the Famous Adventure of the Enchanted Boat

Chapter Thirty: Don Quijote Meets a Lovely Huntress

Chapter Thirty-One: Dealing with Many Important Matters

Chapter Thirty-Two: Don Quijote's Reply to the Priest Who Had Scolded Him, along with Other Matters Both Serious and Amusing

Chapter Thirty-Three: the Delightful Conversation the Duchess and Her Ladies Had with Sancho Panza, Well Worth Both Reading and Noting

Chapter Thirty-Four: Which Tells How They Planned to Disenchant Our Matchless Dulcinea del Toboso, an Adventure Which Ranks among the Most Renowned to Be Found in This Book

Chapter Thirty-Five: More about What Don Quijote Was Told, by Way of Disenchanting Dulcinea, Together with Other Remarkable Events

Chapter Thirty-Six: Which Narrates the Extraordinary, Unimaginable Adventure of Lady Dolorida, Otherwise Known as the Countess Trifaldi, as Well as Sancho Panza's Letter to His Wife

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Which Continues the Celebrated Tale of Lady Dolorida

Chapter Thirty-Eight: the Lady Dolorida's Misfortunes, as Narrated by the Lady Dolorida

Chapter Thirty-Nine: in Which the Countess Trifaldi Continues Her Stupendous, Infinitely Memorable Tale

Chapter Forty: Certain Matters Relevant to This Adventure and to This Remarkable History

Chapter Forty-One: the Arrival of the Magic Horse, and the End of This Long, Drawn-Out Adventure

Chapter Forty-Two: Don Quijote's Advice to Sancho Panza, before His Squire Assumed the Governorship of His Island, along with a Number of Other Carefully Considered Matters

Chapter Forty-Three: Don Quijote's Second Set of Counsels and Injunctions for Sancho Panza

Chapter Forty-Four: How Sancho Panza Was Taken to His Governorship, and the Strange Adventure Experienced by Don Quijote in the Duke and Duchess' Castle

Chapter Forty-Five: How the Great Sancho Panza Took Possession of His Island, and the Way He Began to Govern It

Chapter Forty-Six: Don Quijote's Fearful Shock, in the Course of the Lovestruck Altisidora's Hang-The-Bell-On-The-Cat Wooing

Chapter Forty-Seven: Continuing the Narrative of Sancho Panza's Behavior as a Governor

Chapter Forty-Eight: - What Happened between Don Quijote and Doña Rodríguez, the Duchess' Lady in Waiting, along with Other Matters Worthy of Being Recorded and Forever Remembered

Chapter Forty-Nine: What Happened to Sancho Panza, as He Patrolled His Island

Chapter Fifty: Wherein It is Explained Just Who the Enchanters and Scourges Who Spanked the Dueña and Pinched Don Quijote Were, Plus What Happened to the Page, When He Brought Sancho Panza's Letter to Sancho's Wife, Teresa Panza

Chapter Fifty-One: How Sancho Panza's Governorship Progressed, along with Other Matters Just as Interesting

Chapter Fifty-Two: in Which is Narrated the Adventure of the Second Doleful or Anguished Dueña, Otherwise Known as Doña Rodríguez

Chapter Fifty-Three: the Weary Finale of Sancho Panza's Governorship

Chapter Fifty-Four: Dealing with Matters Relevant to This History and to No Other

Chapter Fifty-Five: What Happened to Sancho along the Way, Together with Other Unsurpassable Matters

Chapter Fifty-Six: the Colossal, Absolutely Unique Battle between Don Quijote de la Mancha and the Footman, Tosilos, in Defense of the Dueña Doña Rodríguez's Daughter

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Which Deals with Don Quijote's Farewell to the Duke and What Happened with the Wise but Bold Altisidora, the Duchess' Maid

Chapter Fifty-Eight: Which Tells How So Many Adventures Came Piling Up on Don Quijote, and So Fast, That None of Them Could Catch Their Breath

Chapter Fifty-Nine: Which Narrates an Extraordinary Thing That Happened to Don Quijote, Quite Possibly to Be Considered an Adventure

Chapter Sixty: What Happened to Don Quijote, on the Way to Barcelona

Chapter Sixty-One: What Happened to Don Quijote, When He Went to Barcelona, along with Other Matters Truer Than They Are Clever

Chapter Sixty-Two: the Adventure of the Enchanted Head, along with Other Foolishness That Simply Cannot Be Omitted

Chapter Sixty-Three: Sancho Panza's Misfortune, on His Visit to the Galleys, and the Novel Adventure of the Beautiful Moorish Girl

Chapter Sixty-Four: the Gloomiest of All the Gloomy Adventures Ever Experienced by Don Quijote

Chapter Sixty-Five: Which Explains Who the Knight of the White Moon Was, and Recounts Don Gregorio's Liberation, as Well as Other Matters

Chapter Sixty-Six: Which Deals with What Any Reader of These Pages Will See for Himself, and Anyone Who Has This Read to Him Will Hear

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Don Quijote's Decision to Become a Shepherd and Live in the Fields While He Waited for His Promised Year to Pass, along with Other Events Both Pleasant and Cheering

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Don Quijote's Bristly Adventure

Chapter Sixty-Nine: the Strangest and Most Unusual Thing That Happens to Don Quijote in the Whole of This Great History

Chapter Seventy: Which Follows Chapter Sixty-Nine, and Deals with Matters That, for the Understanding of This Whole History, Must Be Clearly Understood

Chapter Seventy-One: What Happened to Don Quijote and Sancho, His Squire, as They Were Travelling Back Home

Chapter Seventy-Two: How Don Quijote and Sancho Came Home

Chapter Seventy-Three: the Omens Don Quijote Encountered, as He Came Home to His Own Village, along with Other Events That Adorn and Validate This Great History

Chapter Seventy-Four: How Don Quijote Fell Sick, and the Will He Made, and His Death

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