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《堂吉诃德》取得如此高的评价是作者始料未及的。如果塞万提斯地下有知,看到人们把他看作是西班牙最伟大的文学巨匠,世界文坛的天才的话,定会大吃一惊。他同时代的人也会惊讶得目瞪口呆,因为在塞万提斯在世的那个时代他只被认为是一个平庸的诗人,没有成就的小说家。尽管他因写骑士历险的小说获得成功,但他却不属于任何高雅的文学沙龙。他一生生活贫困,经历坎坷。即使《堂吉诃德》成了畅销书,他仍处在穷困潦倒之中。然而,《堂吉诃德》的发表,以及这部作品产生的巨大影响却使塞万提斯在他死后逐渐成为世界文坛声名赫赫的经典作家,被狄更斯、福楼拜和托尔斯泰等作家誉为“现代小说之父”。