Don Quixote Resources

You know, because it's the most obvious thing to type into your address bar.

Follow this link to a free copy of e-book version of Don Quixote, courtesy of Project Gutenberg.

Many people over the years have tried to illustrate or represent the great Don Quixote. Here is an online exhibit of some of these efforts.

One of the first major film adaptations of the novel. Worth a watch if you can ever find a copy. We recommend starting with local libraries.

Actually, they call it Man of La Mancha. Maybe you've heard the song "The Impossible Dream"? It comes from here.

Don Quixote wasn't only a popular book. It was turned into a successful ballet, too.

Orson Welles is kind of a big deal. But sadly, he wasn't able to complete this 10-year project before he died.

Starring John Lithgow and Bob Hoskins, this is the most recent major production of Don Quixote. If you're looking for something recent and watchable, it's best to start here.

In a piece for The Guardian, critic Harold Bloom argues that Don Quixote is without doubt the first (and best) modern novel.

This article does a great job of explaining why Don Quixote remains such an important piece of work. Because it brought reality and real-world problems into the world of literature.

Writer Juan de la Cuesta gives his take on the general impact Don Quixote has had over the centuries.

No, it's not the title of the next Disney movie; it's the title of a piece by Edith Grossman, the most recent translator of the novel, on Don Quixote and the challenge of translating it anew.

Don Quixote takes on his biggest villain yet… the art of dancing. Mwahahahah.

This video is really grainy, but it gives you the entire 1933 version of Adventures of Don Quixote.

This musical brought the story of Don Quixote to many audiences who never would have taken the time to pick up the original and read it all the way through.

Yup, the famous Canadian folk artist wrote a song about the guy.

It's hard to believe that a person who sat down and read all of Don Quixote out loud was ever able to talk again.

Yeah, we've never heard of them, either. But they made a song about Don Quixote.

For the love of God, man. It's not a giant. It's just a windmill.

Don Quixote and Sancho on their way to some new adventure.

Even the big P himself is in on the action.

A phenomenal visual representation of Don Quixote's insane obsession.