DON QUIXOTE

"WALKER ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS" IS A NEW SERIES WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF THE BEST-LOVED STORIES EVER TOLD, ILLUSTRATED BY SOME OF TODAY'S FINEST ARTISTS. THESE EXQUISITELY DESIGNED BOOKS, WITH THEIR MAGNIFICENT WORDS AND GLORIOUS PICTURES, ARE A PLEASURE TO READ - AND RE-READ. THE CLASSICS HAVE NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD! THE FAMOUS TALE OF DON QUIXOTE, AN ELDERLY SPANISH GENTLEMAN, WHO READS ONE TOO MANY CHIVALRIC ROMANCES, AND DECIDES TO BECOME A KNIGHT ERRANT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FAITHFUL 'SQUIRE' SANCHO PANZA. HE SETS OFF ON HIS TRAVELS THROUGH SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN TO RIGHT WRONGS AND RESCUE DAMSELS IN DISTRESS BUT HIS ADVENTURES - SUCH AS THE FAMOUS INCIDENT IN WHICH HE MISTAKES WINDMILLS FOR GIANTS AND ATTACKS THEM - ARE BOTH COMIC AND ROMANTIC. IN THE END HE RETURNS TO HIS VILLAGE, A DYING MAN WHO STILL BELIEVES IN HEROES AND IS A HERO HIMSELF.