"Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing."
Answer Don Quixote
Called the "first modern novel," Cervantes's Don Quixote has his head in the clouds, daydreaming about being a knight. This may not be far off from Cervantes's reality, as he dreamed up the book in prison.
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