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Cervantes, the author of the first modern novel, widely regarded as one of the best books ever written
It's worth emphasizing just how modern and readable this book is, especially considering it is contemporaneous with Shakespeare. If you get a modern English translation, you will be delighted. Cervantes really invented modern literature.