Paquita Valdès

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Paquita Valdès is a central fictional character in Honoré de Balzac’s novella *La Fille aux yeux d’or*, depicted as an exotic, mysterious young woman whose beauty and enslavement embody themes of desire, power, and possession in Parisian high society.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Paquita Valdès canonical 3
Paquita Valdes 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn La Fille aux yeux d’or ⓘ
appearsInSeries La Comédie humaine ⓘ
associatedWithTheme desire ⓘ
erotic obsession ⓘ
exoticism ⓘ
objectification of women ⓘ
possession ⓘ
power ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
characterRole central character ⓘ
controlledBy Marquise de San-Réal ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork France ⓘ
createdBy Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
creator Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
death killed by Marquise de San-Réal ⓘ
describedAs beautiful ⓘ
exotic ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ
eyeColor golden ⓘ
fictionalUniverse La Comédie humaine ⓘ
firstAppearedIn La Fille aux yeux d’or ⓘ
firstPublicationWorkDate 1835 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
guardedBy mulatto servants ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
literaryMovement French realism ⓘ
medium prose fiction ⓘ
narrativeFunction object of desire ⓘ
tragic victim ⓘ
nationality Spanish ⓘ
partOf Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ
Études de moeurs ⓘ
linked to: Études de mœurs
relationshipWith Henri de Marsay ⓘ
Marquise de San-Réal ⓘ
residence Parisian hôtel particulier ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
socialContext Parisian high society ⓘ
status enslaved woman ⓘ
symbolizes commodity in high society ⓘ
exotic otherness ⓘ
female subjugation ⓘ
sexual desire ⓘ
workGenre novella ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Fille aux yeux d’or → hasCharacter → Paquita Valdès ⓘ
Marquise de San-Réal → deathCaused → Paquita Valdès ⓘ
The Girl with the Golden Eyes → hasCharacter → Paquita Valdes ⓘ
linked to: Paquita Valdès