Don Quixote, Vol. 2 (Ormsby Translation)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published.... The story follows the adventures of a hidalgo named Mr. Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. Throughout the novel, Cervantes uses such literary techniques as realism, metatheatre, and intertextuality. It had a major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (1844), Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) and Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), as well as the word "quixotic" and the epithet "Lothario." Arthur Schopenhauer cited Don Quixote as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with Tristram Shandy, La Nouvelle Héloïse and Wilhelm Meister. - Summary by Wikipedia (19 hr 34 min)
Chapters
Author's Preface | 11:35 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 01 | 25:00 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 02 | 10:41 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 03 | 16:54 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 04 | 11:21 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 05 | 14:00 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 06 | 12:39 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 07 | 15:31 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 08 | 16:31 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 09 | 8:35 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 10 | 19:34 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 11 | 13:54 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 12 | 14:19 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 13 | 12:49 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 14 | 24:17 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 15 | 5:08 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 16 | 21:08 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 17 | 22:40 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 18 | 18:15 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 19 | 16:14 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 20 | 18:42 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 21 | 14:25 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 22 | 17:07 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 23 | 22:31 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 24 | 13:35 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 25 | 19:47 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 26 | 17:46 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 27 | 15:03 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 28 | 11:24 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 29 | 13:43 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 30 | 10:54 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 31 | 17:50 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 32 | 30:48 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 33 | 15:34 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 34 | 16:21 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 35 | 15:34 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 36 | 12:56 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 37 | 4:47 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 38 | 14:44 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 39 | 6:39 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 40 | 12:20 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 41 | 22:04 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 42 | 11:50 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 43 | 13:24 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 44 | 20:23 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 45 | 15:02 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 46 | 9:09 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 47 | 18:16 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 48 | 18:49 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 49 | 24:22 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 50 | 19:03 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 51 | 19:54 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 52 | 16:37 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 53 | 13:39 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 54 | 17:49 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 55 | 16:26 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 56 | 12:13 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 57 | 8:18 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 58 | 25:48 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 59 | 18:38 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 60 | 28:51 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 61 | 6:51 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 62 | 26:43 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 63 | 21:36 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 64 | 10:10 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 65 | 12:31 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 66 | 11:21 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 67 | 11:16 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 68 | 11:24 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 69 | 12:05 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 70 | 16:23 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 71 | 12:59 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 72 | 10:45 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 73 | 10:43 | Read by Expatriate |
Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Ch. 74 | 15:34 | Read by Expatriate |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
I had no idea what it was going to be about but had just seen so many references that I had to read it. Lots of fun
paulgato
An excellent reading of a hugely influential book. Very entertaining, despite it being a translation, which Don Quizote himself describes as 'looking at the back side of a tapestry- you can see the pattern but very little of the colour ir depth', and despite it being 350,000 words long if you count both books. A very even and clear reading throughout. Highly recommended.
Yes!
Hotpad
My 14-year-old listened to both entire volumes. She loved them! "One of the least read of one of the greatest classics." I'm not sure who said that, but it was very true. However, my daughter says, "While it was extremely entertaining, it is not very appropriate. There is too much talk of defacing women's honor."
Great reader
A LibriVox Listener
A lttle recurring vibration from the microphone in Chapter 7 to 9. Otherwise a good volume and pitch.
Great book
Greg H.
Well read. Thanks to the reader for your time.
Thank you Sir for putting so much effort into the characters
Zach s
Don Q, Volume 1 read by Expatriate
Anne Marie
Thank you, Expatriate for the excellent reading of Don Q. I was fully engrossed with the adventures and the rich language of the time of the translation. Your reading appeared effortless and was a pleasure to listen to. Without this recording, I would never have realised or enjoyed this funny, satirical and ironic classic. AM
Ovidiu Rosu
The reading of the book was great, 5 stars. The content of the book is just too long and personally I wished for a little more action