Dom Quixote - Edição de Luxo

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Dom Quixote, escrito pelo espanhol Miguel de Cervantes, é umclássico da literatura mundial e uma das obras mais influentesda história. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1605, o romance éuma obra-prima da ficção que tece uma narrativa na qual humor,drama e filosofia são mesclados a personagens complexos eemocionantes. A história gira em torno de Alonso Quijano, umfidalgo empobrecido que decide se tornar um cavaleiro errante edefender os oprimidos. Vestido com uma armadura antiga, dá a simesmo o nome de Dom Quixote e parte em busca de aventurasacompanhado por seu leal escudeiro, Sancho Pança. Enquantonarra a luta de Dom Quixote para reconciliar seus sonhos idealistascom a realidade do mundo em que vive, Cervantes traz à tonaquestões profundas de identidade, loucura, amor e amizade,convidando o leitor a profundas reflexões acerca do mundo e desi mesmo, além de incentivar a busca pelos sonhos e ideais, aindaque pareçam loucos aos olhos alheios.

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About the author

Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.

He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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