Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
Contributed by Jerrold Mcmenamin
Chapter Summaries
Chapter Summaries Table
Chapter Summary
Prologue–1-Chapter IV
Prologue Cervantes strikes a humble pose, claiming that he hasn’t invented the character of Don Quixote but rather discovered him in the history he ...
1-Chapter V–X
Chapter V A laborer discovers Don Quixote collapsed beside the road and brings him home on his mule. Don Quixote recites chivalric verse, drawing para...
1-Chapter XI–XV
Chapter XI Don Quixote and Sancho spend the evening with a group of goatherds. As they eat and drink together, Sancho becomes drunk on the goatherds�...
1-Chapter XVI–XX
Chapter XVI Instead of admitting that Don Quixote took a vicious beating from a group of Yanguesans, Sancho claims to the innkeeper that his master on...
1-Chapter XXI-XXVI
The First Part, Chapters XXI-XXVI Chapter XXI Don Quixote and Sancho come across a man riding a mule, who is wearing a glittering object on his head. ...
1-Chapter XXVII–XXXI
Chapter XXVII The priest and the barber take their costumes and go with Sancho to seek Don Quixote and try to bring him home again. Sancho tells them ...
1-Chapter XXXII–XXXVII
Chapter XXXII I shall never be fool enough to turn knight-errant. For I see quite well that it’s not the fashion now to do as they did in the olden ...
1-Chapter XXXVIII–XLV
Chapter XXXVIII Don Quixote’s lecture expressing the view the knights are superior to scholars continues. The audience is impressed with his articul...
1-Chapter XLVI–LII
Chapter XLVI The priest calms members of the Holy Brotherhood by making them understand that Don Quixote is mad and cannot be held accountable for wha...
2-Dedication-Chapter VII
The Author’s Dedication of the Second Part Cervantes dedicates his novel to the Count of Lemos, explaining that he is releasing Don Quixote back int...
2-Chapter VIII–XV
Chapter VIII Cervantes states that Cide Hamete Benengeli blesses Allah before starting his account of Don Quixote and Sancho’s story of being once a...
2-Chapter XVI–XXI
Chapter XVI Sancho is confused regarding the identity of Knight of the Mirrors and the Squire of the Wood. His master tires to make him believe that t...
2-Chapter XXII–XXVIII
Chapter XXII Sancho and Don Quixote depart for Montesinos Cave with Basilio’s cousin. Basilio’s cousin is an author of parodies of great classical...
2-Chapter XXIX–XXXV
Chapter XXIX Don Quixote and Sancho make their way to the river Ebro, where they discover a fishing boat. Don Quixote sees the empty boat as a sign th...
2-Chapter XXXVI–XLI
Chapter XXXVI Sancho lets Duchess see the letter he wrote to his wife to share the news about his governorship. The Duchess shows the Duke this letter...
2-Chapter XLII–XLVI
Chapter XLII The Duke and Duchess are pleased by the reactions Don Quixote and Sancho show to the encounter with the Countess Trifaldi. They say they�...
2-Chapter XLVII–LIII
Chapter XLVII On the first day on his supposed isle, Sancho goes to bed still hungry. He discovers that a physician there will not allow him to eat an...
2-Chapter LIV–LX
Chapter LIV The dishonorable farmer’s son that seduced Dona Rodriguez’s daughter, and whom Don Quixote intends to challenge, has left the country....
2-Chapter LXI–LXVI
Chapter LXI Don Quixote and Sancho arrive in Barcelona with a great following. They are the guests of Roque Guinart’s friends. A boy in the town put...
2-Chapter LXVII–LXXIV
Chapter LXVII Don Quixote begs Sancho to whip himself to break Dulcinea’s enchantment. Sancho, however, declares he does not think that his whipping...
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