Inside the story
Meet Dulcinea del Toboso
Dulcinea del Toboso is Aldonza Lorenzo, a peasant woman from Toboso whom Don Quixote imagines as a noble and beautiful lady. In his vision of himself as a knight, she is his chosen lady love, though she does not occupy that role in ordinary life.
On the page
A strapping, robust country girl, brave and stoutly built, strong enough to fling a crowbar with the lustiest lad in the village, sun-browned from field work and plainly dressed.
