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M. de Bargeton
Madame de Bargeton's elderly and dull husband.
minor
Also known as old M. de Bargeton
First appearance: part i two poets
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- Other
Character groups
- Provincial Aristocrats and Gossips
- Angoulême Printers and Rivals
- Miscellaneous Supporting Characters
- Protagonist
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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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