Don Quijote de la Mancha

Don Quixote of La Mancha tells the immortal story of a poor nobleman who goes mad after reading too many books of chivalry and decides to become a knight-errant under the name Don Quixote. With an old suit of armor, a skinny nag named Rocinante, and the desire to defend justice, he sets out across the roads of La Mancha. He convinces a peasant named Sancho Panza to be his squire, promising him an island as a reward. Don Quixote sees the world through the filter of his books: windmills appear to him as giants, inns as castles, and peasant women as enchanted princesses, especially Dulcinea del Toboso, to whom he swears loyalty. His adventures are marked by absurdity, misunderstandings, and beatings, but he remains steadfast in his chivalric ideals. Sancho, more practical, follows him loyally, although he sometimes doubts himself and at other times allows himself to be swept away by his master's fantasies.