# Mme. des Grassins — Eugénie Grandet character guide

> Mme. des Grassins in Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mme., Mme. des Grassins, The des Grassins

**First appearance:** 0001-eug-nie-grandet

## Snapshot

A banker's wife with a sharp eye on the Grandet fortune, she plays Saumur's marriage market like a card table and intends to win.

## Who they are

In a town where everyone watches everyone, Mme. des Grassins is the most watchful of all, hosting the rival evening parties that orbit around Eugénie's inheritance. She promotes her son Adolphe as the obvious match, matching wits with the Cruchot faction over the girl's future and Grandet's gold. Her scheming gives the early chapters their social comedy and shows how thoroughly money has colonized even the town's affections.

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