Don Quixote
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Two-part Spanish Golden Age novel (1605 and 1615) following hidalgo Alonso Quijano, who adopts the persona of knight-errant Don Quixote alongside squire Sancho Panza. Part I (*El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha*) was published in 1605 in Madrid, followed a decade later by Part II in 1615. Part II was accelerated and sharpened in response to an unauthorized 1614 sequel published under the pseudonym Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda. Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish Golden Age writer.
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Don Quixote is ranked #1 on "Top 10 Greatest Novels of All Time" — its best placement across 2 lists on top10grid.com.
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Don Quixote appears in 2 lists on top10grid.com, spanning categories including EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT.
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Don Quixote appears most frequently in the EDUCATION category, most notably in "Top 10 Greatest Novels of All Time".
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Estimated over 500 million copies sold globally, making it the best-selling novel of all time.
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Two-part Spanish Golden Age novel (1605 and 1615) following hidalgo Alonso Quijano, who adopts the persona of knight-errant Don Quixote alongside squire Sancho Panza.
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Institutional Significance
Part II was accelerated and sharpened in response to an unauthorized 1614 sequel published under the pseudonym Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda.
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Historical Benchmark
Part I (*El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha*) was published in 1605 in Madrid, followed a decade later by Part II in 1615.
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