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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (94712)	1/25/2005 3:11:48 PM
From: redfish	Respond to of 108807

Great article. Cervantes basically invented the novel as a form of literature. It took over a century and a half afterwards for the educated to begin to accept a work not written in verse, but he got the ball rolling.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (94712)	1/25/2005 4:38:09 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 108807

Much like myself "CERVANTES explains the Don’s desire to leave his village and take up the profession of knighthood: “he was spurred on by the conviction that the world needed his immediate presence…”" (Book 1, Part 2).

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (94712)	1/25/2005 4:51:00 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 108807

The Don, strict in his Catholicism and its doctrine of free will, rejoices over his freedom, telling his squire, “Liberty, Sancho, my friend, is one of the most precious gifts that Heaven has bestowed on mankind” (Book 2, Part 14).

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (94712)	1/25/2005 4:53:55 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"[K]nights errant are exempt from the application of all laws and statutes, that for them law is their sword, statutes are their spirit, and edicts and proclamations are their will and desire." Volume 1, Chapter 45, pg. 314