A singular character who sets out to be a modern day (well, as modern as you can really be in 15th century Spain) Robin Hood- taking from the wealthy, giving to the poor, righting wrongs and all that jazz- all in the name of good will, the noble practice of knight errantry and his Lady, the beautiful and imaginary Dulcinea de Toboso. Sometimes wise, sometimes insane, and almost always badly beaten up, Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho Panza never failed to amuse, delight and enchant. On went the great Don Quixote, in a world of his own creation- where inns were castles and prostitutes were demure maidens- aggravating many, amusing many more and immortalizing themselves in the hearts and minds of anyone and everyone who had the good fortune to cross pathswith Them.
And Then in the second part, I Died heal as a desk clerk renouncing all of historical madness and insanity, Asking for Forgiveness for the inconvenience I have caused His friends and family.
Talk about a rude shock.
Apparently, A Certain Gentleman Who Went by the name of Alonso Fernandez de Avellaneda Decided to carry forth His own version of the adventures of the Noble Knight, and I devise the False Quixote " a second part to the at That Time, original uncompleted. This Wounded so the original author Miguel de Cervantes-Lord-that I own historical Practically second part dedicated to maligning the False Quixote, condemning it to hell and the like and ultimately killing Not Only His Own Marvelous Knight
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