Don Quijote de la Mancha, me satiric adventures of a would-be knight and his faithful squire, is one of the great masterpieces of world literature, a picaresque romance that has amused and delighted generations of readers. Now students of Spanish literature can enjoy selections from the novel, both in the original Spanish and in an excellent new literal English translation on facing pages. The passages in this volume, carefully selected to capture the wonderful flavor and romance of the complete work, include the comical manner in which Don Quixote was knighted, his valiant battle with the windmills (which the knight mistook for giants), misfortunes suffered by the brave knight and his squire at an inn, and much more.