Don Quixote is a novel that recounts the adventures of Alonso Quijano, also known as Don Quixote, a Spanish nobleman obsessed with the idea of chivalry. Word of Don Quixote and Sancho's adventures from the first volume have spread around Spain, and many of Don Quixote's peers take advantage of his reputation to send him off on ridiculous quests. After suffering much hardship and humiliation, Don Quixote returns home and regains his sanity, swearing off the chivalric lifestyle for good.