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 ⓘ