Eugénie Grandet · Character
Nanon
A giant of a servant with a face like a war wound, she has been fed and kept by Grandet for decades and repays him in unshakable loyalty.
supporting
Also known as Big Nanon, Poor Nanon, Nanon
First appearance: Eugénie Grandet
As a supporting figure in Eugénie Grandet, Nanon is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Assists in the household; Grandet tells her to lock things up to prevent theft.
Taken in half-starved and worked like an ox, Nanon has become the one person in the house Grandet trusts, because she asks for nothing and gives everything. Her plain strength and simple faith make her both comic relief and the household's conscience, quietly devoted to Eugénie and Mme. Grandet. She is the measure of what Grandet values: not beauty or wit, but a body that costs almost nothing to keep.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Saumur social factions
- Protagonist
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See Nanon in Eugénie Grandet