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Originally Posted by RbnJrg
Hi DrNefario;
I am a spanish-speaking and fortunately I could read Don Quixote in my native language, moreover, I re-read it THREE times  Believe me, is a great book, a great story, a very funny story. But maybe I can understand you: the first six chapter are good but not very good. But with and after chapter seven ("Of the second sally of our whorty knight Don Quixote of La Mancha") the book becomes extraordinary. Of course, the first six chapters may seem too much but remember that the first tome has 52 chapters and the second tome 74 (so those 6 chapters are nothing). I don't know but perhaps in the english translation the book may lose something (in spanish is very funny the speech of Don Quixote). But my advice is: TRY AGAIN with this book
Regards
Rubén |
When I read it many years ago, I was expecting some dour classic, and was really pleasantly surprized with the humour in the book. The scene where he takes part in the battle between the two sheep "armies" made me laugh harder than anything else I've ever read. It was slapstick at its best. I think first time readers should approach it as something closer to Mark Twain than, say, Tolstoy.