Dulcinea del Toboso

From Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Quixote invents an idealized lady-love, Dulcinea, based on a peasant girl named Aldonza Lorenzo, embodying the chivalric necessity of a lady to whom all deeds are dedicated.
Part 1, Chapter 1

Quixote christens Aldonza Lorenzo as 'Dulcinea del Toboso,' a name 'musical, uncommon, and significant.'

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Part 2, Chapter 10

Sancho tricks his master into accepting a coarse peasant girl as the enchanted Dulcinea, inverting the master-servant deception.

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