# Hélène d'Aiglemont — A Woman of Thirty character guide

> Hélène d'Aiglemont in A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hélène, little Hélène

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-a-hidden-grief

## Who they are

Julie's eldest daughter, a dark-eyed, vehement child whose sombre intensity and hungry heart set her on a course her mother cannot forgive.

## In the story

### [II: A Hidden Grief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/ii-a-hidden-grief)

Julie's daughter, whom she feels unable to truly love or smile at, representing her failed motherhood.

### [At Thirty Years](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/iii-at-thirty-years)

Julie's little girl, mentioned as the only reason Julie does not long for death.

### [IV: The Finger of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/iv-the-finger-of-god)

Observed as a brooding, precocious child with dark eyes and a fierce, jealous nature. She is visibly resentful of her brother Charles and their mother's favoritism.

### [Two Meetings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/v-two-meetings)

Hélène dies in her mother's house after a shipwreck, holding her dead child, and accuses her mother of causing her misery.

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