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Don Quixote

Miguel De Cervantes

Cervantes' great classic of the comedic adventures of a noble man who decides to become a knight to revive chivalry and serve his nation.

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

The Classics Illustrated comic book series began in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers, and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. This new Paperback Replica edition is part of a continuing effort to make Classics Illustrated available to all, be they young readers just beginning their journeys into the great world of classic literature, or collectors who have fond memories of this much loved comic book series.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Classics Illustrated Comics
  • Publish Date: Jul 20th, 2022
  • Pages: 48
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.30in - 6.30in - 0.20in - 0.30lb
  • EAN: 9781911238270
  • Recommended age: 08-14
  • Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels - Classic AdaptationComics & Graphic Novels - HumorousComics & Graphic Novels - Historical

About the Author

de Cervantes, Miguel: - "Miguel De Cervantes (September 1547 - April 1616) was a gallant soldier as well as a literary genius. During his time in the miltary he was captured, imprisoned and escaped, settling in Spain to write the comedic tale of Don Quixote."
Zansky, Louis: - In the early 1940s he was one of the early artists for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated series, that was by then still called Classic Comics. His work for this collection contained comics adaptations of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick' (1942), 'Robin Hood' (1942), Miguel de Cervantes's 'Don Quichote' (1943), Mark Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn' (1944), the James Fenimore Cooper books 'The Deerslayer' (1944) and 'The Pathfinder' (1945), and 'Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles' (1948).

From the late 1940s throughout the first half of the 1950s he was doing art for 'Western Adventures', 'Crime Must Pay The Penalty', 'Western Love Trails', 'The Hand of Fate' and other crime and mystery titles by Ace Magazines. Louis Zansky died in Nyack, NY, on 29 April 1978. He was the father of sculptor, painter and photographer Michael Zansky.