Part 1, Chapter 1
The legendary opening line: 'In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind...' Sets the parodic, oral-storyteller tone.
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From Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
The novel's iconic opening establishes the deliberately vague, mock-heroic tone and introduces the impoverished hidalgo who will become Don Quixote.
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