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DON QUIJOTE Y EL MAR
-General, non-specialist audiences
-Spanish/foreign language (from B2-C1 upper intermediate/advanced level. The cultural information part can be used from intermediate level B1-B2)
-Spanish/Mother tongue in Secondary and Higher Education (as an introduction to Don Quixote and the time of Cervantes)
-School children (aged approximately 12 and above) and adults
We believe there is only one book of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, the original.
We also believe that the words of Cervantes and how he says things are the most remarkable aspects of the book. Being aware, however, of the difficulties encountered by today's readers to approach this unparalleled work, we have created DON QUIJOTE Y EL MAR.
The book offers school children, students and non-specialist readers the necessary tools for reading the original version by Cervantes. It also provides a great deal of historical and social information and details of daily life (Moriscos, converts, Protestantism, slavery, Inquisition, bandits, pirates, printing, food, coins, celebrations, music, travel, etc.), and many illustrations of the time that give a broad picture of the society of Cervantes which is present throughout Don Quixote.
A vocabulary and reading guide help to understand Cervantes’s text and a guided navigation through the masterpiece by Cervantes offers an approach to the complete work. Created for school children and non-specialist readers to be able to read beyond the typical scenes of the mills, etc.
The project was evaluated positively by the Commission of the 4th Centenary of the Publication of Don Quixote, which enabled the logo of the Fourth Centenary of Don Quixote to be used.
The spelling of the author’s original signature Miguel de "Cerbantes" is respected on the cover of the book.