Pls answer the next questions:
What volume is better? In what language did you read it? What is your native language?

When I asked native spanish speaking friends without a shadow of doubt they say that 2 is better, but when I do the same with english speaking friends they say 1 is the better one and that 2 is boring.
/lit/izens, help me discover what's up with this.

>>24571520 (OP)
1 is more conventional
2 is where the innovative stuff happens

>>24571520 (OP)
We tend to talked about this a lot here and there is always the autist who says the second part is better.
It depends if you like asides and side quests, or do you like redundancy.
I personally would rather read the captive and impertinent curiosity over anything involving the Duke and Dutchess.

>>24571542
I have asked three different spanish speaking friends and all of them said that vol 2 was better

>>24571520 (OP)
Honestly it's really hard for me to say which part I liked better. The first had the greater moments but the second was more consistent. I'd say the first if I had to just based off the adventures being more memorable

1. Volume one. Two ends on a mean-spirited note.
2. English
3. English

>>24571520 (OP)
Two spends too much time with the Duke and Duchess playing pranks on them.
I prefer the foolish antics of idiots getting into trouble from their own actions than the antics of people abusing foolish people. The rest of two is great especially the student trying to stop him and getting pissed when he fails.

>>24571542
I liked the Duke

>>24571520 (OP)
Russian-speaking, I liked part 2 more because I got used to the rhythm at that point, but I will probably prefer part 1 on the reread.

1. One, I could not finnish two because it dragged on for so long and then I got bored. 2. German 3. German

>>24571526
>>24571542
>>24571575
>>24571902
Native language?

people tend to dislike Part 1 because half of it is completely unrelated to Don Quixote and Sancho. They show up at a hotel, meet some strangers, and we listen to the strangers' stories. Then they find a book about cuckolding in the hotel and they all read that together. Then they find another book and they all read that.

Part 2 sticks with Don Quixote and Sancho the whole way through.

I remember specifically thinking ill only read part 1 again when i reread it. I read it all in english, part 2 had its moments but it felt repetitive.

>>24572626
English

>>24572626
Spanish (I'm the first post)

>>24571520 (OP)
>What volume is better?
1 is more fun, 2 is more interesting
>In what language did you read it?
English, Rutherford translation. I'm not going to be one of those /lit/faggots who pretends they know enough about 1600s Spanish to critically evaluate translations. I thought it was fine.
>What is your native language?
English.

Haven't read it yet, but spent a couple hours making an epub with Dore's illustrations. I'll start reading it, one of these days

You don't need to read Don Quixote to appear 'cultured' or 'well-read'. You don't need to pretend that literature in Spanish was ever important or good. Read Anglo-Saxon writers you like and consider to be good.

Read them in your native language and decide for yourself rather than outsource your opinions to the hive mind.

>>24573824
bait

>>24573824
I am not anglo saxon though

>>24573849
I never asked for a translation though

>>24573859
Read them in every language that is available and then make a decision on which you like best. Stop being a nigger.

>>24573961
Why would I need to make that decision? I never asked about what language should I read.

>>24571520 (OP)
I still have yet to read part 2. 1 was so extremely tedious and repetitive that it destroyed most of the motivation I had to read 2. 450+ pages of slapstick comedy, which is probably the worst form of comedy to attempt in a novel. The only part I really liked was the Captive’s Tale, which proves that Cervantes could write great stories when he tried. It made me run out and buy Persiles and Sigismunda, but I haven’t read that yet.