El Quijote no es uno de esos libros compuestos unitariamente en un golpe de inspiración y luego revisados en una o varias etapas de labor minuciosa hasta ajustar impecablemente cada detalle al conjunto. Es un libro vivo, que se hace continuamente, que a cada paso crece y va a más." -Del prólogo de Francisco Rico

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A new edition of Don Quixote, an international literature masterpiece, in the care of Francisco Rico, a Spanish philologist and historian. Includes additional complementary material, bibliographies, academic texts, and references.

"At the time when Don Quixote was first published, its success fell far from the respect and admiration that the work enjoys today. The book's popularity was immediate and vast. Some of its peculiar features stand out: the appearance of the poor nobleman, the squire's roughest moments, Rocinante's hyperbolic weakness... Considering the emphasis on the comic dimensions of the work and understanding it as a piece that went against the preconceived idea of chivalry books, does not mean that the seventeenth century did not appreciate other of its allures like, the protagonist appearing not only as a delusional and funny type, but in his same madness found positive and exemplary traits.
Don Quixote is not one of those books composed by a single stroke of inspiration and then revised in a couple of stages of meticulous work until every detail is perfectly adjusted to achieve a perfect final work. It is a living book, which is continually remade, one that grows and grows with each step." --From the prologue by Francisco Rico