Doña Christina

Family: Miranda household · Role: Don Diego's wife · First appears: Part 2, Ch. 18.1

Life events

• Don Quixote arrives at Don Diego’s house and is welcomed as a distinguished guest.(Part 2, Ch. 18.1 · 📍 Don Diego de Miranda’s house)
  • With: Don Quixote Don Diego de Miranda Don Lorenzo
  • “on the arrival of so distinguished a guest, Doña Christina was anxious to show that she knew how and was able to give a becoming reception to those who came to her house.”
• Don Diego publicly presents Don Quixote as a knight-errant and extraordinarily wise and brave.(Part 2, Ch. 18.1 · 📍 Don Diego de Miranda’s house)
  • With: Don Diego de Miranda Don Quixote
  • “Señora, pray receive with your wonted kindness Señor Don Quixote of La Mancha, whom you see before you, a knight-errant, and the bravest and wisest in the world.”

Part 2, Ch. 18.1

• child: Don Lorenzo “The student poet, Don Diego’s son, who had come out with his mother to receive him, heard this exclamation, and both mother and son were filled with amazement at the extraordinary figure he presented;”
• protégé: Don Quixote “for on the arrival of so distinguished a guest, Doña Christina was anxious to show that she knew how and was able to give a becoming reception to those who came to her house.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Don Quixote (Ormsby's translation). Made with Rho MD.