Manette Salomon (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Edmond de Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt
- First Published: 1867
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: France or French people, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Paris, Beauty, Anti-Semitism, Painting or painters, Ambition, Bohemianism
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Manette Salomon (mah-NEHT sah-loh-MOH[N]), a Jewish model, Naz de Coriolis’ mistress. With her frank, ignorant nature and exotic Jewishness, she delights her lover, but when she becomes famous as the subject of his successful painting, there grows in her a pride that causes her to change. Mistaken for Coriolis’ wife, she finds this status attractive. When she becomes a mother, her greed for success comes to the fore, and she gradually gains ascendancy over her lover. When they are married, the fulfillment of her ambition spells the death of his...
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