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Don Quixote??is a Spanish novel. It follows the adventures of Quijano, an?hidalgo?who reads so many?chivalric （有骑士气概的）novels?that he decides to set out to revive?chivalry, under the name?Don Quixote. He recruits （招聘） a simple farmer as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthly wit （世俗的智慧 ） in dealing with Don Quixote‘s rhetorical orations （修辞华丽的演讲） on antiquated （过时的 ）?knighthood. Don Quixote is met by the world as it is, initiating （传授 ）such themes as??realism and literary representation. Alonso, the protagonist of the novel, is a retired country gentleman nearing fifty years of age.