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Comte de la Bastie

A nobleman of Le Havre society, a suitor whose presence complicates the careful plans being woven around Modeste Mignon.

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Also known as la Bastie, Monsieur le Comte, Monsieur le Comte de la Bastie

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The Comte de la Bastie moves in the provincial aristocracy that surrounds Modeste, a world of notaries, duchesses, and poets. As a suitor, he represents one of the respectable but uninspiring possibilities that the…

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MMModeste MignonMDMelchior de Ca…EDErnest de la B…ADAnne DumayCMCharles MignonCDComte de la Bastie

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Modeste's inner circle
  • Protagonist

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