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That is why we leave you this summary . of the first part of Don Quixote of la Mancha
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In a place in La Mancha . whose name I don't want to remember . lives the best-known gentleman in literature
he has gone crazy after reading so many chivalry books . and decides to go on a journey in search of adventure
he names himself a knight . don quixote
named his steed . Rocinante . and he is looking for a beloved . Dulcinea del Toboso
Don Quixote starts his first trip . but he needs to be an armed knight
when it gets dark, he enters an inn . that he mistakes for a castle
there he is the mockery of the guests
so that he stops bothering them . the innkeeper names him a knight
later . don quixote leaves in search of adventure
he intervenes . without much effectiveness . against the abuse of the power of a farmer on his waiter
later . Don Quixote meets some merchants
and he wants them to confess that Dulcinea is the most beautiful maiden in the world
in return . he takes a strong beating
Don Quixote is battered lying on the road
luckily a neighbor finds him . and takes him home
there appears the barber . the priest . the mistress . and the niece . of Don quixote
those present . blame the cavalry books for the madness of the poor man
for this reason . they decide to burn most of them . and block up the library
days later . don quixote takes money . and chooses Sancho Panza as his squire
this is a humble farmer . who accepts the position . in exchange for the government of an island
in this way . the two leave in search of adventure . without telling anyone
along the way . they come across some windmills
but Don Quixote confuses them with fearsome giants
despite the warnings of his squire . he faces the mills and it goes wrong
later . they intermingle with some friars and the Biscayans
in the next chapter . the action pauses
the author of the work . says that he has found the manuscript of the knight's stories
written by the historian . Cide Hamete Benengeli
then he resumes the fight with the Biscayan
Don Quixote lets him go . if he pays his respects to Dulcinea
later . Don Quixote breaks his helmet
therefore, he wants to find Mambrino's helmet
later they meet some gentlemen . with whom they go to the funeral of the young Grisostomo
dead for unrequited love
in the end . they say goodbye to them
then Rocinante approaches some mares
their owners . 20 Galicians . beat him up
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza defend him . but they also end badly
then they come to the inn of Palomeque
and Don Quixote imagines that it is a castle
there . the landlord's wife . her daughter . and Maritornes . heal the men
at night . Maritornes mistakenly gets into Don Quixote's bed
This had been left with a muleteer who was expected in the inn
then a night fight breaks out between Sancho . the muleteer . Don Quixote . the innkeeper . Maritornes . and a gangster
the next day . Don Quixote and Sancho decide to abandon the inn without paying
Sancho is tossed out . and the innkeeper keeps his saddlebags
Along the way . Don Quixote confuses two herds with two armies
and lashes out at one of them
later the shepherds arrive to defend their sheep . and beat Don Quixote
later . the fighting continues
Don Quixote attacks a brotherhood with a corpse
then to a barber . from whom he takes away his belongings . believing that it is Mambrino's helmet
and finally he frees the galleys . some prisoners who are taken by the Holy Brotherhood
to mislead them . knight and squire decide to hide in Sierra Morena
later . Don Quixote isolates himself in Sierra Morena . naked and doing extravagances
he sends Sancho to carry a message to Dulcinea
on the way . he meets the priest and the barber
who ask him to take them to quixote
the main action is interspersed with the story of Cardenio and Luscinda
Dorotea and don Fernando
Dorotea and Cardenio manage to get Don Quixote out of the Sierra
then they come back to the inn of Palomeque
there new stories are inserted
and the gentleman has a run-in with the barber who he had stolen from
finally at the inn . he pretends to be in an enchantment . and they lock Don Quixote in a cage
the priest and the barber take him to his house . so that he can be cured of his madness
and that's it for this summary
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