the adventures of don quixote miguel de cervantes

For a more in-depth look at everything that happens in this book, go to our more detailed Chapter-by-Chapter summaries. Once Don Quixote and Sancho set off together for adventures, there are really too many plotlines to talk about in this brief summary. As the story continues, though, Sancho actually finds himself starting to believe Don Quixote's craziness, and he even hopes that one day the Don will give him an island to rule over.

Sancho doesn't actually believe all the crazy stuff Quixote is saying, but he knows that Quixote has a good bit of wealth and hopes to make some money by hanging out with the guy. But fear not, because Don Quixote has such an active imagination that he believes everyday objects (like windmills, for example) are actually giant monsters.Įarly in his journeys, Don Quixote gets himself a sidekick named Sancho Panza. The only problem is that giants and dragons don't really exist. He takes the name of Don Quixote and starts riding up and down the countryside looking for adventures. It turns out that Alonso likes his books a little too much, because one day, he decides to dress up in an old suit of armor and become a knight himself. So he spends most of his free time reading books, and there are no books that interest him more than books about medieval knights riding around on horses, and slaying dragons, and kissing the hands of fair maidens, and… well, you get the picture. Alonso is getting on in years and has enough money to keep him from ever having to work or clean his own house. At the start of the book, we meet a guy named Alonso Quixano.

The adventures of don quixote miguel de cervantes