Lost Illusions · Character
Florine
An actress whose stage charm and offstage loyalties make her a fixture of the Bohemian circles where Lucien first learns how Paris really works.
supporting
Also known as Mademoiselle Florine, Mlle Florine
First appearance: part ii a distinguished provincial at paris
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Florine moves between the theatre and the journalist's lodgings with an easy pragmatism, her affections entangled with the men who can advance her career. She is neither naïve nor cruel, but she reads the room better…
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- Other
Character groups
- Parisian Journalists and Publishers
- Angoulême Printers and Rivals
- Miscellaneous Supporting Characters
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This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it reveals the first major psychological reversal in Lucien and…
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