Don Quixote Book Club · Davis High

Introducing Don Quixote

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What we’re reading

Don Quixote, Part I

Miguel de Cervantes’s 1605 volume, Chapters 1–52. Any English translation works; the chapter numbers are the same in all of them.

23
reading weeks
~455
pages
~30
minutes per week
When we meet

Mondays

Nov 2, 2026 through May 24, 2027. We skip Mondays with no school: winter break, MLK Day, Presidents Day and spring break.

Get the book

Where to find the Ingenious Gentleman from La Mancha

All four are John Ormsby’s 1885 translation, the one our reading estimates are based on.
Don Quixote Book Club · Part I, Chapters 1–52

Reading schedule

Read the chapters listed before each Monday. Page and minute counts are estimates for a modern paperback. Tap a week to see its chapters.

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Total: 23 reading weeks · ~455 pages · about 30 minutes per week