# Henri Fontal — Short Fiction character guide

> Henri Fontal in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Henri

**First appearance:** 0003-short-fiction

## Who they are

A man who recounts a bizarre and haunting tale of a haunted house.

## In the story

### [A Country Excursion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-country-excursion)

The young boatman who rows Henriette to the island and shares an intense, romantic interlude with her.

### [The Relic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-relic)

The narrator and protagonist, a doctor who becomes engaged to Gilberte but loses her trust after a deception involving a relic.

### [The First Fall of Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-first-fall-of-snow)

Henri de Parville, the husband who is content with his simple country life and dismisses his wife's pleas for warmth.

### [Unmasked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/unmasked)

Henri Sidoine, an old friend of the narrator who married an Englishwoman and now regrets it.

### [Saved](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/saved)

The man who Berthe believes has saved her, but who treats their relationship as a casual affair.

## Links

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