# Monsieur Maillard — Short Fiction character guide

> Monsieur Maillard in Short Fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Maillard

**First appearance:** 0060-the-system-of-doctor-tarr-and-professor-fether

## Snapshot

A portly, polished superintendent of a private madhouse, whose soothing system and gracious manners make his establishment feel almost too pleasant to trust.

## Who they are

Monsieur Maillard greets visitors at the gate of his dilapidated château with old-school dignity and an air of authority, ushering them into parlors of books, flowers, and music. He manages his Maison de Santé on the soothing system, allowing patients apparent liberty while secretly watching them. His composure and refined taste make the narrator's tour feel civilized, even as something in the house refuses to sit right.

## In the story

### [The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/chapters/the-system-of-doctor-tarr-and-professor-fether)

The superintendent of the madhouse, later revealed to be a former superintendent who went mad and became a patient.

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