# Comte de la Bastie — Modeste Mignon character guide

> Comte de la Bastie in Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

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

**First appearance:** 0001-modeste-mignon

## Snapshot

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

## Who they are

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 Mignon family and their allies must weigh. His presence in the early social maneuvering raises the stakes of Modeste's choice, even as her imagination turns toward a more romantic figure.

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