The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Honoré Balzac
- First Published: 1895
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1824-1830
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Prisoners, Prisons, France or French people, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, Crime or criminals, Nineteenth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Paris, Human behavior, Convents or nunneries
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
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Jacques Collin (zhahk koh- LA[N]), called Dodgedeath, a cold-blooded former convict. Collin murders the Spanish priest Don Carlos Herrera and assumes his identity. He then uses the money entrusted to him by other prisoners to install his protégé Lucien in Parisian society.
Lucien Chardon de Rubempré (lew- SYAH[N] shahr-DOHN deh rew-behm- PRAY), a handsome but weak young man of modest background. Rescued from despair by the supposed Don Carlos, Lucien becomes his creature, assumes a title, and, as...
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