Don Quixote in England by Henry Fielding ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

Don Quixote in England by Henry Fielding audiobook. Genre: comedy Henry Fielding takes Cervantes' famously book-addled knight and drops him into the very different, very worldly landscape of eighteenth-century England. Don Quixote and his long-suffering squire Sancho Panza arrive at a country inn expecting a realm of honor, damsels, and noble causes, only to find a bustling crossroads of hunters, servants, squires, and self-important local officials. Quixote, convinced that chivalry can still set the world right, reads every gesture as a challenge and every coincidence as a sign of destiny. Sancho, hungry, practical, and armed with earthy proverbs, tries to keep his master from tumbling headlong into yet another misunderstanding. Around them, Fielding parades a gallery of English types - boisterous country gentry, slippery professionals, and electioneering schemers - exposing how vanity, appetite, and politics can make ordinary people just as mad, in their own way, as the knight of La Mancha. Part literary send-up and part sharp social critique, Don Quixote in England turns a familiar pair of wanderers into a witty lens on ambition, corruption, and the stubborn human need to believe in grand stories. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:42:46) Chapter 2 (01:22:00) Chapter 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices