Aucassin and Nicolette (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- First Published: 1880
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: Twelfth century
- Setting: Provence, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Romance, medieval
- Subjects: France or French people, Slavery or slaves, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Singing or singers, Loyalty, Middle Ages, Princes or princesses, Chivalry
- Locales: Provence, France, Carthage, ancient
Characters Discussed
Aucassin (oh-kah-SAN), the son of Count Garin de Beaucaire. He loves Nicolette, a slave girl bought from the Saracens by a captain who has reared her as his own daughter. Aucassin’s father is relentlessly opposed to the marriage, and both Aucassin and Nicolette are imprisoned in the course of the proceedings. At last they run away together and live happily for a time, until they are captured by Saracens. A storm scatters the ships, and the one on which Aucassin is a prisoner drives ashore at Beaucaire, of which he is now count, his parents having...
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