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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

(Famous) opening line:

Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing.

(trans. Edith Grossman)