From his readings and studies, he becomes by degrees interested, then obsessed, with the codes, deeds, and tales of chivalry - of knights errant on some courtly and idealized mission.
Well read and thoughtful, Quixano's most prized possessions are his books. He is driven neither by ambition for wealth and position nor bitterness at his genteel poverty. Practical in most things, compassionate to his social peers, the local clergy, and the servant classes, Quixano is respectful toward the ruling classes, whom he unquestioningly accepts as his superiors. Alonso Quixano, a less-than-affluent man of fifty, "lean bodied" and "thin faced, lives modestly in the Spanish country village of La Mancha with his niece, Antonia, and a cranky housemaid.
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