Mont-Oriol (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Guy de Maupassant
- First Published: 1887
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Auvergne, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: France or French people, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Pregnancy, Blackmail, Adultery, Illegitimacy, Rivers or waterways, Resorts or spas
- Locales: Auvergne, France
Characters Discussed
Christiane Andermatt (kree- STYAHN ahn-dehr-MAHT), a young married woman who, while she is in the country taking some baths to cure her childlessness, meets Paul Brétigny, a friend of her brother, and has a love affair with him. At first, she will not listen to his supplications, but after a time she submits and has a baby girl by him. She becomes jealous when she discovers that, while she is pregnant, her lover has fallen in love with another woman. When her baby is born, she will have nothing to do with the child. Later, however, the baby attracts her;...
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