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Mariette

Sara's French maid during her wealthy days at the school.

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First appearance: i sara

Mariette shows up with force in A French Lesson. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mariette, Sara's French maid, is pleased with her polite new mistress and shares her impression that Sara looks like a princess.
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In A French Lesson: Mariette, Sara's French maid, is pleased with her polite new mistress and shares her impression that Sara looks like a princess. Later, in Becky: Sara's maid, who dresses her in a rose-colored frock…

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Character Web

6 connections

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SCSara CreweEMEmilyBEBeckyMMMiss MinchinLHLavinia HerbertMAMariette

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Background and peripheral figures
  • Protagonist
  • Sara's inner circle

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

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

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