# Georges Marest — A Start in Life character guide

> Georges Marest in A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Georges, Whereupon Georges, This Georges, That scoundrel Georges Marest

**First appearance:** 0001-a-start-in-life

## Snapshot

A swaggering, unscrupulous young dandy whose easy lies and taste for mischief turn a coach ride into a trap for the unwary.

## Who they are

Georges Marest travels the same road as Oscar, armed with the confidence of a man who knows the world and enjoys bending it to his amusement. He flatters, provokes, and improvises stories with a scoundrel's fluency, drawing the inexperienced Oscar into compromising talk. His presence on the journey supplies the first hard lesson in how charm and rank can be counterfeited, and how quickly a young man's vanity can be turned against him.

## Relationships

### [Oscar Husson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/oscar_husson)

_rivalry_

Georges Marest is a manipulative and antagonistic figure who constantly undermines and exploits Oscar Husson.

### [Pierrotin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/pierrotin)

_social_

Georges Marest and Pierrotin interact frequently as fellow travelers on the coach, with Marest often condescending toward Pierrotin.

### [Old Léger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/old_leger)

_social_

Georges Marest and Old Léger share a casual acquaintance as fellow passengers, with Marest often mocking Léger's simplicity.

### [Mistigris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/mistigris)

_rivalry_

Georges Marest and Mistigris engage in a playful but sharp rivalry, with Mistigris often besting Marest in wit.

### [Monsieur Moreau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/monsieur_moreau)

_rivalry_

Georges Marest and Monsieur Moreau are professional rivals, each trying to outmaneuver the other in business and influence.

### [Madame Clapart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/madame_clapart)

_psychological_

Georges Marest manipulates Madame Clapart's anxieties about Oscar, using her to further his own schemes.

### [Oscar Husson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/oscar_husson)

_rivalry_

Georges Marest is a manipulative and antagonistic figure who constantly undermines and exploits Oscar Husson.

### [Old Léger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/old_leger)

_social_

Georges Marest and Old Léger share a casual acquaintance as fellow passengers, with Marest often mocking Léger's simplicity.

### [Pierrotin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/pierrotin)

_social_

Georges Marest and Pierrotin interact frequently as fellow travelers on the coach, with Marest often condescending toward Pierrotin.

### [Pierrotin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/pierrotin)

_social_

Georges Marest and Pierrotin interact frequently as fellow travelers on the coach, with Marest often condescending toward Pierrotin.

### [Madame Clapart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/madame_clapart)

_psychological_

Georges Marest manipulates Madame Clapart's anxieties about Oscar, using her to further his own schemes.

### [Monsieur Moreau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/characters/monsieur_moreau)

_rivalry_

Georges Marest and Monsieur Moreau are professional rivals, each trying to outmaneuver the other in business and influence.

## In the story

### [A Start in Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_start_in_life_se/chapters/a-start-in-life)

A passenger who identifies the town of Zara and engages in the conversation about Dalmatia.

## Links

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