[专栏]为什么我们应该要读《唐吉诃德》？(5)

因为小说是罪恶的分心之物，
audiences were known to enjoy pirated editions.
读者看的都是盗版。
The book was so well received that
这本书很受好评，
readers clamored for more.
读者吵着想要看更多。
After a rival author attempted to cash in
在一位竞争对手作家试图
on a fake follow-up, Cervantes released
用假的续集来赚钱之后，
the official sequel in response.
塞凡提斯推出了官方续集做为回应。
Now published alongside the first volume
现在续集和第一册一起发行，
as a completed text, this second volume picks up
成为完整的文本，
where the original left off,
第二册接续第一册没讲完的故事，
only now Don Quixote and Sancho have become folk heroes.
差别只在于，现在唐吉诃德和桑丘已经成为了民间英雄。
Just as in real-life, Cervantes included
和真实人生一样，塞凡提斯把他小说的成功
his novel’s success in the world of his characters.
放入了他的角色的世界里。
This unconventional meta-awareness
这种不因循守旧的元认知
created philosophical complexity,
随着骑士与他的侍从思考着
as the knight and his squire ponder
他们的故事的意义，
the meaning of their story.
创造出了哲学式的复杂性。
Unfortunately, Cervantes had sold
不幸的是，塞凡提斯
the book’s publishing rights for very little.
低价卖出这本书的版权。
He died rich in fame alone.
他过世时，只有名声上的富足。
But his treatise on the power of creativity