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Baron de Nucingen
An Alsatian banker whose fortune is legendary and whose stinginess is whispered about in every salon his wife Delphine illuminates.
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Also known as M. de Nucingen, Nucingen, Baron de Nucingen
First appearance: father goriot
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Nucingen moves through Parisian finance with the weight of a man whose money can buy almost anything except the refinement his wife craves. He keeps Delphine on a tight allowance while she spends her evenings dazzling…
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