Author: Miguel de Cervantes
The novel Don Quixote de La Mancha was written by a Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, it is considered one of the greatest works of fiction. The story of Don Quixote starts off like any other adventure novel with the exception of the protagonist being an old man instead of the usual young man who sets off for a journey. Alonso Quixano is a man who becomes so obsessed with the chivalrous examples led by the knights in the books he read, he then decides to go on his own adventure because he believes that everything he has read is true. Alonso renames himself Don Quixote de la Mancha and begins to ride the roads of Spain in hopes for a grand adventure. In the beginning, the