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Dom Quixote I
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Jan 08, 2016
bookshelves: 100-best-books-world-library, 1001, the-novel-100, 2016, all-stars, read-more-than-once, 2nd-reads
This was my second time reading Don Quixote. Original review to be read clicking here.
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Reading Progress
January 8, 2016
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January 8, 2016
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to-read
January 8, 2016
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100-best-books-world-library
January 8, 2016
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1001
January 8, 2016
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the-novel-100
January 8, 2016
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scheduled
April 27, 2016
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Started Reading
April 27, 2016
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12.07%
"So then, his armour being furbished, his morion turned into a helmet, his hack christened, and he himself confirmed, he came to the conclusion that nothing more was needed now but to look out for a lady to be in love with; for a knight-errant without love was like a tree without leaves or fruit, or a body without a soul."
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April 28, 2016
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18.18%
""Ah, senor!" said the niece, "your worship had better order these to be burned as well as the others; for it would be no wonder if, after being cured of his chivalry disorder, my uncle, by reading these, took a fancy to turn shepherd and range the woods and fields singing and piping; or, what would be still worse, to turn poet, which they say is an incurable and infectious malady.""
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128
April 30, 2016
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28.55%
"Let him who calls me wild beast and basilisk, leave me alone as something noxious and evil; let him who calls me ungrateful, withhold his service; who calls me wayward, seek not my acquaintance; who calls me cruel, pursue me not; for this wild beast, this basilisk, this ungrateful, cruel, wayward being has no kind of desire to seek, serve, know, or follow them."
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201
May 2, 2016
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32.95%
"Well, then, you must know, sister, that a knight-adventurer is a thing that in two words is seen drubbed and emperor, that is to-day the most miserable and needy being in the world, and to-morrow will have two or three crowns of kingdoms to give his squire."
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May 3, 2016
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36.36%
"Bear in mind, Sancho, that one man is no more than another, unless he does more than another"
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256
May 4, 2016
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40.63%
""Sancho, it strikes me thou art in great fear."
"I am," answered Sancho; "but how does your worship perceive it now more than ever?"
"Because just now thou smellest stronger than ever, and not of ambergris," answered Don Quixote.
(...)
"I'll bet," replied Sancho, "that your worship thinks I have done something I ought not with my person."
"It makes it worse to stir it, friend Sancho," returned Don Quixote."
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"I am," answered Sancho; "but how does your worship perceive it now more than ever?"
"Because just now thou smellest stronger than ever, and not of ambergris," answered Don Quixote.
(...)
"I'll bet," replied Sancho, "that your worship thinks I have done something I ought not with my person."
"It makes it worse to stir it, friend Sancho," returned Don Quixote."
May 5, 2016
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46.16%
"—but pardon me for having broken the promise we made not to interrupt your discourse; for when I hear chivalry or knights-errant mentioned, I can no more help talking about them than the rays of the sun can help giving heat, or those of the moon moisture; pardon me, therefore, and proceed, for that is more to the purpose now."
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325
May 9, 2016
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53.84%
""There is the point," replied Don Quixote, "and that is the beauty of this business of mine; no thanks to a knight-errant for going mad when he has cause; the thing is to turn crazy without any provocation, and let my lady know, if I do this in the dry, what I would do in the moist (...)""
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379
May 12, 2016
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66.19%
"For the love of God, sir knight-errant, if you ever meet me again, though you may see them cutting me to pieces, give me no aid or succour, but leave me to my misfortune, which will not be so great but that a greater will come to me by being helped by your worship, on whom and all the knights-errant that have ever been born God send his curse."
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466
May 21, 2016
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74.43%
""As poets they do not tell the truth," replied Lothario; "but as lovers they are not more defective in expression than they are truthful.""
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524
May 22, 2016
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93.04%
"Rascally clown, boorish, insolent, and ignorant, ill-spoken, foul-mouthed, impudent thou dared to harbour such (...) thoughts in thy muddled imagination? Begone from my presence, thou born monster, storehouse of lies, hoard of untruths, garner of knaveries, inventor of scandals, publisher of absurdities, enemy of the respect due to royal personages! Begone, show thyself no more before me under pain of my wrath"
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655
May 23, 2016
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100.0%
"Oh thou, generous above all the Alexanders, since for only eight months of service thou hast given me the best island the sea girds or surrounds! Humble with the proud, haughty with the humble, encounterer of dangers, endurer of outrages, enamoured without reason, imitator of the good, scourge of the wicked, enemy of the mean, in short, knight-errant, which is all that can be said!"
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704
May 23, 2016
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2016
May 23, 2016
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all-stars
May 23, 2016
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read-more-than-once
May 23, 2016
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2nd-reads
May 23, 2016
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Finished Reading
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May 23, 2016 11:15PM
Congratulations on your second reading of this classic, which is still missing on my literary horizon... I know, shame on me!
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Thanks, Dolors! This was just the first part... I'll be reading the second one soon, but first will delve into Avellaneda's unauthorized sequel that Cervantes dissed a lot on his own sequel. Should be fun! :-)And I hope you do read it soon! 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' death.. so perfect time to read it!
Echoing Dolors! Such a gem missing from my reading diary :(( But your second reading sends a huge wave of encouragement to me, Renato! :) Looking forward to reading it soon.
Seemita, I hope you do read it soon, it's definitely worth your time :-)
