Modeste Mignon · Character
Comte de la Bastie
A nobleman of Le Havre society, a suitor whose presence complicates the careful plans being woven around Modeste Mignon.
supporting
Also known as la Bastie, Monsieur le Comte, Monsieur le Comte de la Bastie
First appearance: modeste mignon
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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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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Modeste's inner circle
- Protagonist
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