Don Quixote — Cervantes's two-part novel of Alonso Quixano, who remakes himself as a knight-errant after reading chivalric romances. The work continually tests how stories create freedom, folly, cruelty, companionship, and social reality.

This local glossary is a shelf-specific companion to the central Good Works Glossary. It begins with the main rooms and named texts currently visible in the Spanish shelf.

Shelf Terms

Legends and Romances of Spain — A text on the Spanish shelf. See Legends and Romances of Spain.

The Lay of the Cid — A text on the Spanish shelf. See The Lay of the Cid.