Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part 1 by Charles W Eliot
Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name Harvard Classics, this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XIV features the work recently named by the Nobel Institute as the greatest book of all time: Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part 1, by Spanish novelist MIGUEL DE CERVANTES (1547-1616). The picaresque adventures of a delusional would-be knight have, over the centuries, been taken as farce, satire, psychological drama, and social commentary, and have inspired writers as diverse as Shakespeare, Dickens, and Dostoyevsky. Straddling the writings of the Renaissance and modern literature, it is considered the first modern novel.
Eliot, Charles: - Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926) was president of Harvard University for 40 years, the longest term in Harvard's history.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781616401320 |
| ISBN 10 | 161640132X |
| Title | Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part 1 |
| Author | Charles W Eliot |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Cosimo Classics |
| Year published | 2010-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 550 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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