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1 Post author: Crux 10 August 2013 09:04AM

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Comment author: Panic_Lobster 13 August 2013 05:07:05AM *  4 points [-]

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.