Working on a translation of Don Quixote.

The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a country gentleman who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his earthy squire Sancho Panza, the self-styled “Don Quixote de la Mancha” sets out in search of adventure. The “lady” for whom Quixote seeks to toil is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object crafted from a neighbouring farmgirl (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo) by the illusion-struck “knight” to be the object of his courtly love. “Dulcinea” is totally unaware of Quixote’s feelings for her and does not actually appear in the novel.

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