# Sabine du Guénic — Béatrix character guide

> Sabine du Guénic in Béatrix by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Poor Sabine, Sabine, Sabine de Grandlieu

**First appearance:** 0003-part-ii-the-drama

## Who they are

Calyste's wife, a duchess's daughter who suffers from his infidelity.

## Relationships

### [Calyste du Guénic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/b_atrix_se/characters/calyste_du_guenic)

_family_

Calyste and Sabine are married, though their relationship is strained by Calyste's obsession with Béatrix.

### [Béatrix de Rochefide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/b_atrix_se/characters/beatrix_de_rochefide)

_rivalry_

Béatrix and Sabine are bitter rivals, as Sabine is Calyste's wife and Béatrix is his obsession.

### [Calyste du Guénic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/b_atrix_se/characters/calyste_du_guenic)

_family_

Calyste and Sabine are married, though their relationship is strained by Calyste's obsession with Béatrix.

### [Béatrix de Rochefide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/b_atrix_se/characters/beatrix_de_rochefide)

_rivalry_

Béatrix and Sabine are bitter rivals, as Sabine is Calyste's wife and Béatrix is his obsession.

### [Calyste du Guénic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/b_atrix_se/characters/calyste_du_guenic)

_family_

Calyste and Sabine are married, though their relationship is strained by Calyste's obsession with Béatrix.

### [Béatrix de Rochefide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/b_atrix_se/characters/beatrix_de_rochefide)

_rivalry_

Béatrix and Sabine are bitter rivals, as Sabine is Calyste's wife and Béatrix is his obsession.

## In the story

### [Part III: Retrospective Adultery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/b_atrix_se/chapters/part-iii-retrospective-adultery)

Newly married to Calyste; writes to her mother revealing her unhappiness and the emotional distance in her marriage.

## Links

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