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BOYCOTT all publishers who request the disabling of Text-to-Speech. While this book is fantastic the publisher obviously is NOT!!!
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I thought it was time I read this classic. So many references are made to the tale of Don Quixote that it seemed my education was lacking. Mobi books downloaded to my kindle for cheap. It took me a long time to read, as Cervantes language is long winded and complex. If you have not read it, this seems to be a palatable translation.
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DON QUIXOTE, Cervantes classic novel of a world-weary dreamer who imagines himself to be a knight in the modern world has been retold countless times since it was first written. It has been the basis for books, movies, songs, musicals, comics, etc. The story is a wonderful yarn filled with wit and humor, vivid images, and just the right amount of inspiring messages. Candlewick Press has recently released this latest retelling of the novel by Martin Jenkins and illustrated by Chris Riddell. DON QUIXOTE is a massive novel and its size often discourages modern readers from even taking a glance at the book. Using the language of a modern master storyteller, Jenkins has kept the major events and overarching story arc of the novel and condensed it into a shorter format that retains the essence of the original story both in style and substance. He is assisted in his efforts by the lavish illustrations of Riddell whose images bring to life the vivid characters and situations the novel describes. In fact, in this version of the story, the illustrations are key as each page of written word has been supplanted over black and white drawings of things happening in the story while every five to ten pages there are full page colored illustrations without any text at all.
I love the story of Don Quixote and though I personally do not like abridgements or written retellings of previously published works, I am quite sure that Jenkins retelling of DON QUIXOTE will introduce many younger readers to some great characters and situations and hopefully lead them to eventually reading the complete novel.
Recommended for parents to read as a bedtime story for very young children, for advanced elementary students, and for early middle school students.
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..."John Ormsby". I downloaded it, because I love this book and the Mobi cover shot looked like the cover of the paperback version that I read back in high school, so I'm hoping it's the same translation. In any case, I didn't see the translator's name mentioned on the description page at Amazon, so I thought I'd provide that, for those of you who (like me) are searching for whichever translation is most widely considered to be "the best", by virtue of it's ability to most truly convey the essence of both the story and the vitality of the language, were we able to read it in Cervantes' own words/language.
Last thought: if you've yet to do yourself the very great service of reading this special tale, please...grab your lance, mount your trusty Rocinante, and have at it - you'll discover there's a good reason for its being considered one of the very greatest books ever written.
[ASIN:B001HQHCBG Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published by MobileReference (mobi)]
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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published by MobileReference (mobi)
A very good translation of a book that can be read a hundred times in a hundred different ways is always worthwhile. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is as relevant today as he ever was.