A character in this novel tells “the best of stories” about 300 goats being individually ferried across a river, but stops when his listener loses count of how many were already described. In this novel’s preface, its author takes a friend’s advice to put in sonnets, Latin phrases, and a river. “The Man Who Was Recklessly Curious” is one of this novel’s interpolated stories, while another is told by a (*) madman who loves Lucinda. This novel’s title character reads an unauthorized sequel to its first part, which is credited to a fictional Arab historian. A priest and a barber burn badly written books while trying to cure a character’s delusions in this novel. For 10 points, name this novel about Sancho Panza and his companion, written by Miguel de Cervantes. ■END■
ANSWER: Don Quixote [or The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha; or El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha]
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