A Woman’s Life (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Guy de Maupassant
- First Published: 1883
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: Normandy and Corsica
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, France or French people, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Pregnancy, Adultery, Vacations, Weddings, Debtors or creditors
- Locales: Paris, France, Corsica, Normandy, France
Characters Discussed
Jeanne de Lamare (zhahn deh lah- MAHR), the woman whose life is recounted from young womanhood to the time she becomes a grandmother. As an innocent young girl, just out of a convent, she goes to live in the country with her parents. There, she marries a man whom she soon discovers to be parsimonious and unfaithful to her. Jeanne bears a child, on whom she lavishes all of her affection. She then discovers that her husband is unfaithful to her again, this time with the wife of a neighboring count. The count kills his wife and Julien, and the rest of...
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