Parisians in the Country · Character
Baron de la Baudraye
A frail, frugal winegrower of ancient name, he marries Dinah to secure an heir and keeps his accounts closer than his wife.
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Also known as the Baron de la Baudraye, Monsieur de la Baudraye, Monsieur le Baron de la Baudraye
First appearance: The Muse of the Department
As a supporting figure in Parisians in the Country, Baron de la Baudraye is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Dinah's husband, part of the provincial society that resists Gaudissart.
The Baron de la Baudraye is the last of a family that survived exile, revolution, and its own bad blood by hoarding louis and vineyards. Sickly from birth and schooled in monastic economy, he treats marriage as a transaction and his wife's brilliance as an expense he did not authorize. His miserliness and his fragile grip on life make him both obstacle and dark joke in Dinah's story, the provincial husband against whom all her ambitions are measured.
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- Extended cast of provincial and Parisian society
- Provincial women and wives
- Parisian visitors and locals
- Protagonist
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See Baron de la Baudraye in The Muse of the Department