Don Quixote Deluxe Edition Edith Grossman s definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece, now available in a deluxe paperback edition. Widely regarded as the world s first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you ve never read Don Quixote as presented by the formidable translator Edith Grossman. This deluxe edition features heavier stock, French flaps, and a dazzling cover that updates Cervantes classic for 21st-century readers.