With great attention to detail, Christoph Martin Wieland describes in "Don Sylvio" how the protagonist embarks on a quest for his fairy tale princess – for he believes all fairy tales to be true. It is an amusing novel with depth and affectionate satirical elements. Christoph Martin Wieland connects his novel "The Adventures of Don Sylvio of Rosalva" to the modern English and French novel. As one of the four great classics in Weimar, he became one of the most significant writers of the Enlightenment alongside the Bildungsroman "Agathon" and the story of Don Sylvio.