Don Quixote

Work

by Miguel de Cervantes · 1605

Don Quixote is a novel by Miguel de Cervantes, written in Early Modern Spanish and published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. It follows the self-styled knight Don Quixote and his squire, Sancho Panza, as their adventures blur the boundaries between chivalric fantasy and everyday reality. The work is widely regarded as a foundational text of Western literature and the first modern novel.