# The Niece — Don Quixote character guide

> The Niece in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Antonia Quixana

**First appearance:** 0012-part-i-vi

## Who they are

Don Quixote's niece who cares for him and fears for his sanity.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-v)

Blames herself for not reporting her uncle's strange behavior and supports burning the books.

### [Of the diverting and important scrutiny which the curate and the barber made in the library of our ingenious gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-vi)

Eagerly supports the burning of the books, urging no mercy for any of them.

### [Of the second sally of our worthy knight Don Quixote of La Mancha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Helps deceive Don Quixote by claiming a magician on a serpent stole the books and room; advises her uncle to stay home peacefully.

### [Which treats of the strange things that happened to the stout knight of La Mancha in the Sierra Morena, and of his imitation of the penance of Beltenebros](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxv)

Mentioned as the recipient of the order for three ass-colts to be given to Sancho.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-lii)

Helps undress and put Don Quixote to bed, and is charged by the curate to keep watch over him.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

Exclaims in alarm that her master wants to become a knight-errant again.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-ii)

Scolds Sancho and accuses him of deluding her uncle.

### [Of what took place between Don Quixote and his niece and housekeeper; one of the most important chapters in the whole history.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-vi)

Argues with Don Quixote, calling knight-errantry fable and fiction, and criticizes his delusions.

### [LXXIV: Of how Don Quixote fell sick, and of the will he made, and how he died](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxxiv)

Weeps over her uncle's illness and is left the bulk of his property, with the condition she marry a man ignorant of chivalric books.

## Links

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