Renaming himself Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante, he convinces a neighbouring peasant, Sancho Panza, to join him as his squire.
Inspired by the heroes of his favourite books, he decides to become a knight errant and go out into the world in search of adventures. It’s fun and imaginative and entertaining – and I loved it.ĭon Quixote is the story of a gentleman of La Mancha who has spent so many years reading books of chivalry and romance that he has come to believe the tales they tell are true. Yes, it’s long (over 1,000 pages in most editions) and old (originally published in two parts in 16) and a translation, but I didn’t find it difficult to read at all. Now that I’ve finished I don’t know why I had ever been intimidated by it. After reading Clarissa over a twelve month period as part of a readalong in 2012 and then War and Peace in 2013 I decided to tackle another of the very long, intimidating classics on my Classics Club list, this time on my own. Reading Don Quixote has been a year-long project for me in 2014.
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