Skip to content

Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote Hardcover - 2003

by Miguel De Cervantes; Edith Grossman


From the publisher

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece, in an expanded P.S. edition

Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. You haven't experienced Don Quixote in English until you've read this masterful translation.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

First line

Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing.

From the rear cover

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read Don Quixote.

"Though there have been many valuable English translations of Don Quixote, I would commend Edith Grossman's version for the extraordinarily high quality of her prose. The Knight and Sancho are so eloquently rendered by Grossman that the vitality of their characterization is more clearly conveyed than ever before. There is also an astonishing contextualization of Don Quixote and Sancho in Grossman's translation that I believe has not been achieved before. The spiritual atmosphere of a Spain already in steep decline can be felt throughout, thanks to her heightened quality of diction.

Grossman might be called the Glenn Gould of translators, because she, too, articulates every note. Reading her amazing mode of finding equivalents in English for Cervantes's darkening vision is an entrance into a further understanding of why this great book contains within itself all the novels that have followed in its sublime wake."

From the Introduction by Harold Bloom

Miguel de Cervantes was born on September 29, 1547, in Alcala de Henares, Spain. At twenty-three he enlisted in the Spanish militia and in 1571 fought against the Turks in the battle of Lepanto, where a gunshot wound permanently crippled his left hand. He spent four more years at sea and then another five as a slave after being captured by Barbary pirates. Ransomed by his family, he returned to Madrid but his disability hampered him; it was in debtor's prison that he began to write Don Quixote. Cervantes wrote many other works, including poems and plays, but he remains best known as the author of Don Quixote. He died on April 23, 1616.

Details

  • Title Don Quixote
  • Author Miguel De Cervantes; Edith Grossman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 940
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco Press, New York
  • Date 2003-10-21
  • ISBN 9780060188702 / 0060188707
  • Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.49 x 6.43 x 2.03 in (24.10 x 16.33 x 5.16 cm)
  • Reading level 1410
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Spanish
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Knights and knighthood, Picaresque literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003045216
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Citations

  • Choice, 06/01/2004, Page 1885
  • Library Journal, 07/01/2003, Page 0
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 07/01/2003, Page 56
  • LJ Best Books of Year, 01/01/2004, Page 49
  • New York Times, 11/02/2003, Page 15
  • New Yorker (The), 12/22/2003, Page 148
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/10/2003, Page 44
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Eugene , Oregon, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$25.25
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Ecco. Used - Good. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.
Item Price
NZ$25.25
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA
Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good+
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Wake Forest , North Carolina, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$29.54
NZ$7.60 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Square spine, no writing or marks, no folded page corners. Dust jacket has no rips. Not a remainder or book club printing.
Item Price
NZ$29.54
NZ$7.60 shipping to USA
Don Quixote
More Photos

Don Quixote

by De Cervantes, Miguel; New Translation by Edith Grossman; Introduction by Harold Bloom

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition/10th Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$32.77
NZ$9.29 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. Minor penciled marginalia on the contents pages, else textblock is very clean and tight, deep red-brown end papers. All page edges are straight and sound. Slight bumping to the head and foot of the spine and to the corners. Unclipped dust jacket, shelf wear to the edges and corners. 940p.. First Edition/10th Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Item Price
NZ$32.77
NZ$9.29 shipping to USA
Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes, Harold Bloom

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - 8.5 Bulk HB Premium
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$32.82
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Ecco, November 2003. Hardcover . 8.5 Bulk HB Premium.
Item Price
NZ$32.82
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA
Don Quixote: A New Translation

Don Quixote: A New Translation

by Cervantes, Miguel De; Grossman, Edith; Bloom, Harold

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
5th Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Webster, New York, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$33.78
NZ$10.46 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York: Ecco, 2003. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. Fifth printing. Jacket edges bumped. 2003 Hard Cover. xxxv, 940 pp. New translation by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom. "Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. You haven't experienced Don Quixote in English until you've read this masterful translation.
Item Price
NZ$33.78
NZ$10.46 shipping to USA
Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes; Edith Grossman [Translator]; Harold Bloom [Introduction];

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Like New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$36.32
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Ecco, 2003-10-20. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Hardcover in dust jacket with light rubbing to back side of dj. Prompt shipping from Colorado. Benefits Mesa County Friends of the Library. Books cleaned and sanitized.~ "Buy with Confidence, Satisfaction Guaranteed!
Item Price
NZ$36.32
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA
Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes; Translator-Edith Grossman; Introduction-Harold Bloom

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used: Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$41.59
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Ecco, 2003-10-21. Hardcover. Used: Good.
Item Price
NZ$41.59
FREE shipping to USA
Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE

  • Used
Condition
Used
Edition
Third Printing
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Francisco, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$50.68
NZ$10.14 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York: Ecco, 2003. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition with '3" in number row. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET WITH ORIGINAL $29.95 PRICE. A pretty copy. A New Translation by Edith Grossman. Introduction by Harold Bloom.
Item Price
NZ$50.68
NZ$10.14 shipping to USA
Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes, Edith Grossman (Translator), Harold Bloom (Introduction)

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used:Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$51.59
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Ecco, 2003-10-21. Hardcover. Used:Good.
Item Price
NZ$51.59
FREE shipping to USA
Don Quixote
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes

  • Used
Condition
UsedVeryGood
ISBN 13
9780060188702
ISBN 10
0060188707
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$62.75
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.
Item Price
NZ$62.75
FREE shipping to USA