# Social Mobility and Class in Parisians in the Country

> Theme guide for Parisians in the Country by Honoré de Balzac.

Characters like the Milaud family rise from bourgeois origins to nobility through royal favor and marriage, while the commercial traveler navigates multiple social strata, highlighting the fluidity and pretensions of class in post-Revolutionary France.

## Where it surfaces

- [The Muse of the Department](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/parisians_in_the_country_se/chapters/story-ii-the-muse-of-the-department): Dinah's marriage and subsequent affair with Lousteau highlight the tensions between provincial gentility and Parisian bohemianism.

## Links

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- Themes index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/parisians_in_the_country_se/themes