Don Quixote (Unabridged)

Don Quixote, a middle-aged country gentleman from La Mancha, becomes obsessed with chivalric romances and decides to reinvent himself as a knight-errant, adopting the name Don Quixote. He recruits his simple farmer companion, Sancho Panza, as his squire, and together they embark on a series of adventures across the Spanish countryside, mistaking windmills for giants and inns for castles. The novel is a satire of the chivalric code, using humor and irony to critique the idealized heroism of the era while exploring the conflict between illusion and reality. It was written by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra and is regarded as a foundational work of Western literature.