No Trifling with Love (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alfred de Musset
- First Published: 1834
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: France
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Tragedy, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Death or dying, Clergy, Priests, Peasantry or peasants, Nobility, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: France
Characters Discussed
Perdican (pehr-dee-KAH[N]), the son of a French nobleman. He returns to his father’s home after receiving his doctorate. He is a somewhat worldly man and is distressed to find his childhood sweetheart cool to him. He tries to win her. Failing in his suit, he courts a peasant girl, who dies of shock when she learns that Perdican does not really love her.
Camille (kah-MEEL), Perdican’s childhood sweetheart and an heiress. Reared in a convent, she looks for happiness as a nun, rather than as a wife. She is confused when she finds that she loves...
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