Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the first modern novel, Don Quixote is a wonderful burlesque of the popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.

騎士道本を読み過ぎて妄想にとらわれ、古ぼけた甲胄に身を固め、やせ馬ロシナンテに跨って旅に出る。その時代錯誤と肉体的脆弱さで、行く先々で嘲笑の的となるが...。登場する誰も彼もがとめどもなく饒舌な、セルバンテスの代表作。