Don Quixote

By: Tobias Smollett - translator, Miguel de Cervantes

Narrated by: Robert Whitfield

Length: 36 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Don Quixote is one of the world's first novels and by far the best-known book in Spanish literature, was originally intended by Cervantes as a satire on traditional popular ballads, yet he also parodied the romances of chivalry. By happy coincidence he produced one of the most entertaining adventure stories of all time and, in Don Quixote and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, two of the greatest characters in fiction.

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A true classic

I put off listing to this book for way too long. This has to be one of the most entertaining stories ever written. The tales of Sancho and Don Quijote are far-fetched but at the same time somewhat believable. Because the story is set in the 17th century book written in the early 18th century its interesting to hear the turn of phrase and the customs of that long forgotten era.

concerning this audio edition

I cannot recommend this edition more! The narration is great! The 36 hour runtime just flew by. When purchasing this edition you are getting BOTH volumes of Don Quixote. That includes the original and the sequel written by Cervantes 10 years later in response to an unofficial sequel written by another author.

I actually enjoyed the second half (volume 2) even more than the 1st (tilting at windmills) volume. The Don and Sancho's back and forth is so much more real and touching.

Anyway, recommended!!!!

Exquisite reading of a masterpiece

For those of you who admire and appreciate Shakespeare, you would be doing yourselves a great disservice if you spend the rest of your lives not having listened to Don Quixote. A 36-hour recording (which working adult would have time to read such a work?), you have the opportunity to experience as great a work as there has ever been written. The reader is masterful, flexible, consistent, and always in rhythm. The epic itself is hilarious, heart-warming, inspiring, and globally influential. Invest the time; it will be worth it.

Great performance

This version was well read and performed. I’m very happy that it was included in my Audible subscription.

An absolute treasure

I wish I had taken the time to read this sooner. time well spent. A truly timeless classic.

Timeless.

Any additional comments?

Given when this book was written, the parallels one can make to today's world make it a special piece of literature. It's well worth the time it takes, even if all you want to do is laugh.

Still funny and relatable after hundreds of years!

loved it! so much! but the ending made me sad. I couldnt believe how timeless the humor was.

A Shakespearean Novel

If there had been a novel written by the same author who wrote the Shakespeare plays this would be it. Above all novels this one stands as a supreme example of human artistic accomplishment. The performance by Robert Whitfield in this recording is very well done. His voice truly becomes the character of Don Quixote as you imagine him on his fantastic adventures, and his rendering of Sancho Panza is hilarious. Highly recommended!

Don Quixote (Unabridged)

I love this novel, surely one of the greatest ever written. I was very happy to be able to hear an unabridged version, for I found a fresh treat in almost every chapter. For all that, I finished this in large part because of Robert Whitfield's narration. His tone as narrator was perfect. His handling of the characters was very much a performance, not a reading, His Don Quixote - a deluded old man determined to make his dreams come true - and Sancho Panza - a peasant hoping that his master is what he says he is even though he knows better - was as good or better than any film performance I've seen, Whitfield also excelled at creating a huge number of different voices, including excellent female voices.

I now see why many critics call it a masterpiece.

The narrator is almost as amazing as the creative, and original genius of the author.