I guess Don Quixote is named as the best
book mainly because it was perhaps the most
influential: it was the first of its kind. The author
Miguel de Cervantes is comparable to Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, he is for Spanish what
Goethe is for German, or Shakespeare for English.
Many sayings in Spanish and German come from
Cervantes and Goethe. "Instituto Cervantes"
are Spanish culture institutes where you can
learn Spanish, similar to the "Goethe Institutes"
where you can learn German.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes
-J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "glen e. p. ropella" <[email protected]>
To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The 10 Best Literary Works - the envelope please!
Robert J. Cordingley wrote circa 10/12/2010 06:57 PM:
The complete list is in the attached .xls file. Let me know if you have
any problems opening it.
Thanks very much for the compilation. I've only read 30 of them, a
failing grade of 25%. And I've only read 4 of the top 10, still
failing. [sigh] I suppose I'll start with Don Quixote:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/996
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