Segundo tomo del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
work by Fernández de Avellaneda
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Segundo tomo del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha is a fraudulent sequel to Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote, published in 1614 by Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda. Cervantes himself mocks this spurious book in the 59th chapter of the second volume of his own Don Quixote (1615). The true identity of Avellaneda remains unknown, though suggestions include Fray Luis de Aliaga, Lope de Vega, or even Cervantes himself.1
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