Short Fiction · Character
Honoré Bontemps
A man whose wife's infidelity is revealed in a public and humiliating way.
minor
Also known as Honoré
First appearance: short fiction
Honoré Bontemps shows up with force in XX: In Which the Doctor Has a Little Talk with His Servant. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Honorine, the servant and mistress, confronts the Doctor about the monkey's mischief and defends her actions.
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In XX: In Which the Doctor Has a Little Talk with His Servant: Honorine, the servant and mistress, confronts the Doctor about the monkey's mischief and defends her actions. Later, in XXIX: How One Sometimes Exchanges…
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- Other
Character groups
- Varied Tales of Human Nature
- Social Hypocrisy and Class
- Eccentricity and Obsession
- Protagonist
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- XX: In Which the Doctor Has a Little Talk with His Servant
- XXIX: How One Sometimes Exchanges Scylla for Charybdis
- The Devil
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