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Don Quixote

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Miguel de Cervantes Biography

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Part 1: The Author's Preface
Part 1: Chapter I
Part 1: Chapter II
Part 1: Chapter III–IV
Part 1: Chapter V–VI
Part 1: Chapter VII
Part 1: Chapter VIII
Part 1: Chapter IX
Part 1: Chapter X–XIII
Part 1: Chapter XIV
Part 1: Chapter XV–XVIII
Part 1: Chapter XIX
Part 1: Chapter XX
Part 1: Chapter XXI–XXIV
Part 1: Chapter XXV
Part 1: Chapter XXVI–XXIX
Part 1: Chapter XXX
Part 1: Chapter XXXI–XXXII
Part 1: Chapter XXXIII–XXXIV
Part 1: Chapter XXXV
Part 1: Chapter XXXVI–XL
Part 1: Chapter XLI
Part 1: Chapter XLII–XLIV
Part 1: Chapter XLV
Part 1: Chapter XLVI–LI
Part 1: Chapter LII
Part 2: The Author's Preface
Part 2: Chapter I
Part 2: Chapter II–IV
Part 2: Chapter V
Part 2: Chapter VI
Part 2: Chapter VII–VIII
Part 2: Chapter IX–X
Part 2: Chapter XI
Part 2: Chapter XII–XIV
Part 2: Chapter XV
Part 2: Chapter XVI–XVII
Part 2: Chapter XVIII–XXII
Part 2: Chapter XXIII
Part 2: Chapter XXIV–XXV
Part 2: Chapter XXVI
Part 2: Chapter XXVII–XXXIV
Part 2: Chapter XXXV
Part 2: Chapter XXXVI–XL
Part 2: Chapter XLI
Part 2: Chapter XLII–LI
Part 2: Chapter LII
Part 2: Chapter LIII–LIV
Part 2: Chapter LV
Part 2: Chapter LVI–LVII
Part 2: Chapter LVIII
Part 2: Chapter LIX–LX
Part 2: Chapter LXI–LXII
Part 2: Chapter LXIII–LXIV
Part 2: Chapter LXV–LXXII
Part 2: Chapter LXXIII
Part 2: Chapter LXXIV

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Part 2: Chapter XXIII

"O blessed God!" exclaimed Sancho aloud at this, "is it possible that such things can be in the world, and that enchanters and enchantments can have such power in it as to have changed my master's right senses into a craze so full of absurdity! O senor, senor, for God's sake, consider yourself, have a care for your honour, and give no credit to this silly stuff that has left you scant and short of wits."

"Thou talkest in this way because thou lovest me, Sancho," said Don Quixote; "and not being experienced in the things of the world, everything that has some difficulty about it seems to thee impossible; but time will pass, as I said before, and I will tell thee some of the things I saw down there which will make thee believe what I have related now, the truth of which admits of neither reply nor question."

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