Madame Bovary · Character
Hippolyte Tautain
The clubfooted stable boy at the inn on whom Charles operates.
minor
Also known as Hippolyte
First appearance: part ii v
Hippolyte Tautain shows up with force in XI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The victim of the operation.
Hippolyte Tautain first appears in 0015 part ii v.
In XI: The victim of the operation. Persuaded by collective pressure, his condition deteriorates from clubfoot to gangrene, necessitating amputation.
Later, in The Death of Charles's Father & Financial Maneuvers: Brings Emma's luggage back, his painful movement and presence serve as a humiliating reminder of Charles's professional failure (the botched operation).
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See Hippolyte Tautain in part ii v