Don Quixote

Read by Peter Dann

It is a curious paradox that while the two volumes of Don Quixote have been described as the "best novel of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature", the many episodes that make up the plot of this long work often prove to remarkably silly or sentimental, and occasionally lapse into riotous slapstick. But then, how liberating — for much of the fun of reading or listening to Don Quixote lies in discovering just how near we are in spirit to the audience who first enjoyed this novel in the early years of the seventeenth century.

The novel's plot centres on a minor nobleman who, having read as literally true a great many books on knight-errantry, decides that he, too, must become a knight-errant seeking adventures, and who recruits as his squire a local labourer called Sancho Panza. The two set off, and many an "adventure" do they share indeed — though how many of these "adventures" amount to exercises in true knight-errantry, the reader will have to decide.

The two volumes of this novel were originally published in 1605 and 1615. The translation is by John Ormsby. - Summary by Peter Dann

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queue_music Chapters 130

1 001 - V1: Some commendatory verses 11:18
2 002 - V1: The author's preface 16:05
3 003 - V1: Chapter 1 12:07
4 004 - V1: Chapter 2 13:49
5 005 - V1: Chapter 3 14:11
6 006 - V1: Chapter 4 14:29
7 007 - V1: Chapter 5 9:36
8 008 - V1: Chapter 6 15:10
9 009 - V1: Chapter 7 11:13
10 010 - V1: Chapter 8 17:59
11 011 - V1: Chapter 9 12:09
12 012 - V1: Chapter 10 11:58
13 013 - V1: Chapter 11 15:35
14 014 - V1: Chapter 12 13:47
15 015 - V1: Chapter 13 21:23
16 016 - V1: Chapter 14 19:02
17 017 - V1: Chapter 15 16:51
18 018 - V1: Chapter 16 17:05
19 019 - V1: Chapter 17 18:51
20 020 - V1: Chapter 18 23:05
21 021 - V1: Chapter 19 16:49
22 022 - V1: Chapter 20 28:58
23 023 - V1: Chapter 21 25:34
24 024 - V1: Chapter 22 23:34
25 025 - V1: Chapter 23 26:12
26 026 - V1: Chapter 24 19:58
27 027 - V1: Chapter 25 36:37
28 028 - V1: Chapter 26 17:32
29 029 - V1: Chapter 27 40:39
30 030 - V1: Chapter 28 33:09
31 031 - V1: Chapter 29 26:33
32 032 - V1: Chapter 30 23:01
33 033 - V1: Chapter 31 20:25
34 034 - V1: Chapter 32 14:49
35 035 - V1: Chapter 33 45:12
36 036 - V1: Chapter 34 43:35
37 037 - V1: Chapter 35 20:23
38 038 - V1: Chapter 36 22:14
39 039 - V1: Chapter 37 24:25
40 040 - V1: Chapter 38 9:33
41 041 - V1: Chapter 39 18:36
42 042 - V1: Chapter 40 27:54
43 043 - V1: Chapter 41 44:23
44 044 - V!: Chapter 42 16:45
45 045 - V1: Chapter 43 23:55
46 046 - V1: Chapter 44 19:26
47 047 - V1: Chapter 45 17:41
48 048 - V1: Chapter 46 19:50
49 049 - V1: Chapter 47 22:33
50 050 - V1: Chapter 48 17:08
51 051 - V1: Chapter 49 15:50
52 052 - V1: Chapter 50 15:06
53 053 - V1: Chapter 51 12:40
54 054 - V1: Chapter 52 25:11
55 055 - V2: Dedication of volume two 3:01
56 056 - V2: Author's preface 8:33
57 057 - V2: Chapter 1 25:13
58 058 - V2: Chapter 2 11:10
59 059 - V2: Chapter 3 17:20
60 060 - V2: Chapter 4 11:34
61 061 - V2: Chapter 5 14:01
62 062 - V2: Chapter 6 12:46
63 063 - V2: Chapter 7 16:08
64 064 - V2: Chapter 8 17:30
65 065 - V2: Chapter 9 8:47
66 066 - V2: Chapter 10 20:55
67 067 - V2: Chapter 11 14:40
68 068 - V2: Chapter 12 15:49
69 069 - V2: Chapter 13 13:30
70 070 - V2: Chapter 14 25:13
71 071 - V2: Chapter 15 5:10
72 072 - V2: Chapter 16 22:32
73 073 - V2: Chapter 17 23:38
74 074 - V2: Chapter 18 19:38
75 075 - V2: Chapter 19 16:42
76 076 - V2: Chapter 20 20:05
77 077 - V2: Chapter 21 15:14
78 078 - V2: Chapter 22 18:11
79 079 - V2: Chapter 23 24:50
80 080 - V2: Chapter 24 14:12
81 081 - V2: Chapter 25 21:11
82 082 - V2: Chapter 26 20:08
83 083 - V2: Chapter 27 15:44
84 084 - V2: Chapter 28 12:09
85 085 - V2: Chapter 29 14:24
86 086 - V2: Chapter 30 11:12
87 087 - V2: Chapter 31 18:49
88 088 - V2: Chapter 32 32:05
89 089 - V2: Chapter 33 16:03
90 090 - V2: Chapter 34 16:43
91 091 - V2: Chapter 35 17:48
92 092 - V2: Chapter 36 13:35
93 093 - V2: Chapter 37 4:48
94 094 - V2: Chapter 38 16:06
95 095 - V2: Chapter 39 7:26
96 096 - V2: Chapter 40 13:25
97 097 - V2: Chapter 41 23:21
98 098 - V2: Chapter 42 12:13
99 099 - V2: Chapter 43 14:02
100 100 - V2: Chapter 44 23:37
101 101 - V2: Chapter 45 15:45
102 102 - V2: Chapter 46 10:11
103 103 - V2: Chapter 47 18:09
104 104 - V2: Chapter 48 19:41
105 105 - V2: Chapter 49 23:24
106 106 - V2: Chapter 50 18:42
107 107 - V2: Chapter 51 18:45
108 108 - V2: Chapter 52 15:54
109 109 - V2: Chapter 53 12:49
110 110 - V2: Chapter 54 17:23
111 111 - V2: Chapter 55 16:35
112 112 - V2: Chapter 56 11:29
113 113 - V2: Chapter 57 8:07
114 114 - V2: Chapter 58 26:48
115 115 - V2: Chapter 59 18:19
116 116 - V2: Chapter 60 28:36
117 117 - V2: Chapter 61 6:58
118 118 - V2: Chapter 62 28:16
119 119 - V2: Chapter 63 21:35
120 120 - V2: Chapter 64 10:19
121 121 - V2: Chapter 65 12:25
122 122 - V2: Chapter 66 11:55
123 123 - V2: Chapter 67 12:13
124 124 - V2: Chapter 68 12:06
125 125 - V2: Chapter 69 13:11
126 126 - V2: Chapter 70 17:02
127 127 - V2: Chapter 71 13:44
128 128 - V2: Chapter 72 11:10
129 129 - V2: Chapter 73 11:05
130 130 - V2: Chapter 74 17:19