Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes

A Spanish classic--Don Quixote by Cervantes is often called the first modern novel and many rate it as one of the best novels ever written in any language. This book reigns the first spot of most of the 'Best novels of the world'--lists. That itself stirs enough interest and curiosity for readers.

After reading a great many chivalric tales—having sold much of his land to obtain the volumes—a 50-year-old gentleman of La Mancha loses his reason. The plot and sub-plots are primarily guided by Don Quixote's obsession with knight-errants, forming acts to chivalry and participating in adventures in a manner he read in such books. Sancho serves as his squire and complements and supplements his master in every possible way. Quixote is kind at heart, his every act is inspired by a good intention, a dreamer trapped in a body that prompts him to be called the "knight of rueful countenance", a loyal lover whose never set eye on her who he so praises and desires in a chaste way! Yet he is so full of imaginary tales and characters that he lives in a make-believe world, where he mistakes windmills for monsters, herds of sheep for armies, and so on, attacks them, defends them, and Cerventes manages to weave a saga of such events in a form that identifies with allegory, fable, epic and comic drama at the same time. The dialogue between Quixote and Sancho is excellent comedy, creating a duo that will make you laugh till your tummy hurts.

However I must warn you this is a big book and the story starts in a slow pace which can easily bore a reader. Since this is a classic one must endure the fact that
they would have to read 100 pages for the establishment of the characters.