Sentimental Education · Character
Martinon
A plump, prudent law student who knows when to disappear, and who will trade sentiment for position without ever seeming to hurry.
supporting
Also known as Baptiste Martinon
First appearance: chapter i
As a supporting figure in Sentimental Education, Martinon is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Frederick's old schoolfellow, content with his simple life; Frederick envies his happiness.
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Martinon is the schoolfellow Frederick rediscovers cramming for the bench in a shabby boarding-house, a well-fed young man with regular features and a talent for being elsewhere when trouble starts. When a lecture…
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Nogent and Bourgeois Society
- Frederick's Parisian Circle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional/psychological peak occurs when Rosanette directly names Madame Arnoux, shattering Frederick’s se…
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See Martinon in chapter i