A pirated sequel to Don Quixote was published between the first and second official volumes, spurring Cervantes to publish his own superior second volume, which represents an improvement over the first through greater structural unity and fewer digressions.

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a pirated kind of sequel...it was wretchedly bad and cervantes was spurred by the appearance of this pseudo sequel to kick out and publish his own sequel which is by far the better half of the book

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Great Authors - Literature of the Renaissance - Cervantes, Don QuixoteMichael Sugrue
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:51:31 AM

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