DonQuixote

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DON QUIXOTE by Miguel de Cervantes Translated by John Ormsby Volume I., Part 1. Chapters 1-3 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE I: ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION It was with considerable reluctance that I abandoned in favour of the present undertaking what had long been a favourite project: that of a new edition of Shelton's "Don Quixote," which has now become a somewhat scarce book. There are some?nd I confess myself to be one?or whom Shelton's racy old version, with all its defects, has a charm that no modern tra…