Émilie de Fontaine

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Émilie de Fontaine is a proud and aristocratic young woman in Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, whose rigid social ambitions and romantic illusions drive the plot of the novella "Le Bal de Sceaux."

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Émilie de Fontaine canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn La Comédie humaine
Le Bal de Sceaux
associatedTheme class prejudice
illusion versus reality in love
marriage market in Restoration France
social ambition
belongsToCycle Scènes de la vie privée
characterTrait ambitious
aristocratic
proud
romantic
createdBy Honoré de Balzac
familyName de Fontaine
firstPublicationContext novella Le Bal de Sceaux
gender female
hasMotivation rigid social ambitions
romantic illusions
narrativeFunction drives the plot of Le Bal de Sceaux
nationality French
partOfFictionalUniverse La Comédie humaine
roleInWork protagonist of Le Bal de Sceaux
setting Restoration-era French aristocratic society
socialClass aristocracy

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Le Bal de Sceaux protagonist Émilie de Fontaine
Le Bal de Sceaux character Émilie de Fontaine