Don Quixote

　　《唐吉訶德》是文學史上的一塊瑰寶，以故事主人翁虛而不實的幻想反照現實社會的不公。筆者利用詼諧逗趣的筆法，描述唐吉訶德這位過度沈湎於騎士冒險的 西班牙紳士，在瘋狂閱讀大量騎士小說後，決心踏上自己的騎士之旅。唐吉訶德在歷經風車大戰、一對一騎馬對決、釋放囚犯、拯救愛人杜爾西內雅等境遇後，終究 不敵現實的殘酷，敗在白月騎士手下。他失去了人生唯一目標與存在的價值，最後大病而去。這位西班牙紳士帶領讀者一同感受文學史上最喜趣也最悲愴的冒險故 事，同時也讓讀者深思，在虛幻與現實之間，究竟何者比較愚蠢。

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　　Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Together they journey through sixteenth-century Spain in search of adventure, taking on spirits, evil enchanters and giants in a quest to perform acts of valour worthy of Dulcinea, his lady love.

　　A masterpiece of world fiction and a brilliant satire on traditional romances, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is not only the world’s first modern novel – it is also an uproarious comedy that continues to delight readers today.

　　This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of Don Quixote is translated by the acclaimed J. M. Cohen and features an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 米格爾．德．塞萬提斯（1547－1616）

　　西班牙詩人、小說家、劇作家。塞萬提斯被譽為是西班牙文學最偉大的作家。在他的一生中，《唐吉訶德》被視為代表作，同時也被文學評論家視為文學史上第一部現代小說。

　　Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, in 1547. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was one of seven children and grew up in poverty. The course of his adulthood is fascinating; at various stages he was a fugitive, a soldier, a tax collector, held captive by pirates, sold as a slave, and imprisoned by the Spanish government. He finally settled into a more sedate life in Madrid shortly after the publication of the first part of his masterpiece, Don Quixote, in 1605. The second part was published in 1615, and Cervantes’ literary output continued until his death in April 1616.