Father Goriot · Character

Anastasie de Restaud

Goriot's elder daughter, a countess whose aristocratic marriage and fashionable salon mask debts, a faithless lover, and a father she refuses to acknowledge.

supporting

Also known as Nasie, Comtesse de Restaud, Mme. de Restaud, Anastasie

First appearance: Father Goriot

As a supporting figure in Father Goriot, Anastasie de Restaud is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Implied to be the recipient of Goriot's financial help; her debts are the reason for his sacrifice.

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Anastasie has climbed into the old nobility through marriage, but her husband's cold control and her own extravagance have entangled her with the moneylender Gobseck and a scandalous affair. She treats her father as an embarrassment to be visited in secret, even as she depends on his dwindling money. Her brittle respectability shows how the daughters' social triumph is built directly on Goriot's ruin.

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Delphine de Nucingen
rivalry · negative
The two sisters are bitter rivals, competing for social status and their father's… How this plays out →
Eugène de Rastignac
social · negative
Delphine de Nucingen
rivalry · negative
The two sisters are bitter rivals, competing for social status and their father's… How this plays out →
Eugène de Rastignac
social · negative
Delphine de Nucingen
rivalry · negative
The two sisters are bitter rivals, competing for social status and their father's… How this plays out →
Eugène de Rastignac
social · negative

Delphine de Nucingen
The two sisters are bitter rivals, competing for social status and their father's dwindling fortune with mutual resentment.
Eugène de Rastignac
Anastasie initially snubs Eugène due to his lower status, but later interacts with him as a social acquaintance through family connections.
Delphine de Nucingen
The two sisters are bitter rivals, competing for social status and their father's dwindling fortune with mutual resentment.
Eugène de Rastignac
Anastasie initially snubs Eugène due to his lower status, but later interacts with him as a social acquaintance through family connections.
Delphine de Nucingen
The two sisters are bitter rivals, competing for social status and their father's dwindling fortune with mutual resentment.
Eugène de Rastignac
Anastasie initially snubs Eugène due to his lower status, but later interacts with him as a social acquaintance through family connections.

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