In Search of Lost Time · Character
Mme. de Vaugoubert
The wife of the diplomat Vaugoubert, aware of her husband's nature.
minor
Also known as Mme. de Vaugoubert
First appearance: volume iv cities of the plain
Mme. de Vaugoubert shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Observed as having a masculine air due to neglect from her husband, showing interest in the narrator as a young man who appeals to M.
Mme. de Vaugoubert first appears in 0019 volume iv cities of the plain.
In I: Observed as having a masculine air due to neglect from her husband, showing interest in the narrator as a young man who appeals to M. de Vaugoubert.
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See Mme. de Vaugoubert in volume iv cities of the plain