Sarrasine (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Honoré Balzac
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1820’s
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Paris, Obsession, Truthfulness and falsehood, Dancing or dancers, Sculpting or sculptors, Happiness
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
The narrator, a young Parisian who frequents the Parisian salons, where powerful, ambitious men and beautiful, desirable women entertain themselves at lavish soirées. He is set apart from the other guests by his awareness of the superficiality of his life and by his desire to discover the forms of beauty that will lead to truth. Each of the other characters possesses a type of beauty, on which he reflects. He tells his companion, the Marquise de Rochefide, the story of one of the guests, Zambinella.
Madame de Rochefide (rohsh- FEED), a beautiful...
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