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A painting of Don Quixote, the protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s novel, and his companion Sancho Panza, by French painter Honore Daumier from the late 19th century. (VCG Wilson/Getty Image)
CERVANTES

Will the real Don Quixote please stand up?

The seminal Spanish novel and its author are difficult to pin down in translation and history

  • Darryl Accone
8 min read
Female forward: An illustration of Murasaki Shikibu, who lived in Japan from about 973 to 1014, writing The Tale of Genji, a court romance some consider the world’s first novel. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
ACTON BELL

What’s in a name, a novel?

Women writers have often been treated badly but the first novel was written by one

  • Darryl Accone
8 min read