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Mademoiselle Moreau

A French governess in the Kalitin household.

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First appearance: ii

Mademoiselle Moreau shows up with force in XXXV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Lisa's French governess, a frivolous and sceptical woman with little influence on Lisa, who cannot dislodge the deeper influence of Agafya.
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Mademoiselle Moreau first appears in 0001 ii.

In XXXV: Lisa's French governess, a frivolous and sceptical woman with little influence on Lisa, who cannot dislodge the deeper influence of Agafya.

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AVAgafya VlasyevnaLMLisa MihalovnaDPDmitri PestovMDMarya Dmitriev…MJM. JulesMMMademoiselle Moreau

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Servants, Pets, and Acquaintances
  • Kalitin Household Circle
  • Lavretsky Family Lineage

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Lavretsky’s emotional and psychological peak occurs when his stunned realization that his wife is alive shatte…

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