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During the home’s expansion years, the Mitchells also commissioned Italian artist Bosch to create a series of Don Quixote tile murals for the courtyard—details that still speak to the estate’s early ambition and cultural reach.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Rushdie’s sprawling picaresque is, as the title promises, a riff on Don Quixote.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The chronic daydreamer can easily identify with Catherine’s near-delusional longing for something to happen beyond the courtships and evenings around the pianoforte that seem to make up the better part of her future.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, based on James Thurber’s 1939 short story, starred Ben Stiller in the role of the daydreamer made famous by Danny Kaye in the 1947 Samuel Goldwyn original.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Woolgatherer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolgatherer. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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