Don Quixote
Cervantes, Miguel De / Slade, Carole / Smollett, Tobias
Universally acknowledged as the first modern novel, "Don Quixote was originally conceived as a comic satire lambasting the ubiquitous adventure of romance and chivalry in Cervantes' time. The picaresque tale relates the misadventures of an elderly, bewildered, half-crazy knight and his squire Sancho Panza as they embark on a hopeless quest to make the world a better place.