Don Quixote  (El Ingeniojo Hidalgo Don Quixote De La Mancha) (1605­
1615) was written by Miguel de Cervantes (1547­1616). It is the 
story of Don Quixote, an elderly knight whose grasp on reality has 
been loosened by age and the reading of a few too many romance 
novels. Originally meant to satirize the popular romances of the time, 
it has become one of the classics of Western literature.