Don Quixote - Vol. 2

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)
Translated by John Ormsby (1829 - 1895)

Don Quixote is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story in the character of the Morisco historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli, whom he claims to have hired to translate the story from an Arabic manuscript he found in Toledo's bedraggled old Jewish quarter.

The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a minor landowner who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his companion Sancho Panza, the self-styled Don Quixote de la Mancha sets out in search of adventures. His "lady" is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object of his courtly love crafted from a neighbouring farmgirl by the illusion-struck "knight" (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo, and she is totally unaware of his feelings for her. In addition, she never actually appears in the novel).

Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at or near the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 00 - Dedication and Author's Preface Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:16:54
Play 01 01 - Chapter 1 Luigina
00:32:24
Play 02 02 - Chapters 2-3 Tysto
00:33:33
Play 03 03 - Chapters 4-5 Glendower Jones
00:31:44
Play 04 04 - Chapters 6-7 Jamie Strassenburg, Cypress, California
00:25:59
Play 05 05 - Chapters 8-9 John Lieder
00:28:14
Play 06 06 - Chapters 10-11 John Lieder
00:38:21
Play 07 07 - Chapters 12-13 Riccardo Fasol
00:34:02
Play 08 08 - Chapter 14 Antonio
00:24:50
Play 09 09 - Chapters 15-16 Corun
00:27:28
Play 10 10 - Chapters 17-18 John Lieder
00:48:38
Play 11 11 - Chapters 19-20 Jamie Strassenburg, Cypress, California
00:35:13
Play 12 12 - Chapters 21-22 Ted Delorme
00:37:20
Play 13 13 - Chapters 23-24 John Lieder
00:42:37
Play 14 14 - Chapters 25-26 TriciaG
00:39:49
Play 15 15 - Chapters 27-28 Reynard T. Fox
00:31:23
Play 16 16 - Chapters 29-30 Reynard T. Fox
00:30:23
Play 17 17 - Chapter 31 TriciaG
00:17:55
Play 18 18 - Chapter 32 Phil Surette
00:28:57
Play 19 19 - Chapters 33-34 Mike Conrad
00:39:26
Play 20 20 - Chapters 35-36 David Schoepf
00:30:44
Play 21 21 - Chapters 37-39 David Schoepf
00:25:29
Play 22 22 - Chapters 40-41 Brian von Dedenroth
00:39:41
Play 23 23 - Chapters 42-43 wrongshore
00:24:50
Play 24 24 - Chapters 44-45 TriciaG
00:34:26
Play 25 25 - Chapters 46-47 TriciaG
00:26:25
Play 26 26 - Chapter 48 Zoltar
00:16:17
Play 27 27 - Chapter 48 (alternate) TriciaG
00:19:59
Play 28 28 - Chapter 49 TriciaG
00:23:24
Play 29 29 - Chapters 50-51 TriciaG
00:38:17
Play 30 30 - Chapters 52-53 Carol Stripling
00:35:11
Play 31 31 - Chapters 54-55 Symmie
00:36:02
Play 32 32 - Chapters 56-57 Symmie
00:20:20
Play 33 33 - Chapter 58 Symmie
00:26:43
Play 34 34 - Chapter 59 Roger Melin
00:00:21
Play 35 35 - Chapter 60 JudyGibson
00:32:37
Play 36 36 - Chapters 61-62 TriciaG
00:31:46
Play 37 37 - Chapters 63-64 TriciaG
00:30:20
Play 38 38 - Chapters 65-66 TriciaG
00:22:26
Play 39 39 - Chapters 67-68 Laurie Anne Walden
00:24:31
Play 40 40 - Chapters 69-70 Kelly Dougherty
00:33:54
Play 41 41 - Chapters 71-72 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:33:35
Play 42 42 - Chapters 73-74 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:38:21