# Irma — Short Fiction character guide

> Irma in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the beautiful Irma, Irma Pavolin, the lovely Irma

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

## Who they are

A beautiful young woman who becomes the object of a soldier's affection.

## In the story

### [On Horseback](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/on-horseback)

The charwoman injured in the accident, who feigns paralysis to avoid returning to work.

### [The Wooden Shoes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-wooden-shoes)

Adélaïde Malandain, the peasant girl sent to work for Omont, who becomes pregnant without understanding how.

### [My Landlady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/my-landlady)

Emma, the shopgirl with whom the narrator begins an affair and whom he sneaks into his room.

### [Bed No. 29](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/bed-no-29)

The beautiful kept woman who becomes Captain Épivent's mistress; later found in the syphilis ward, bed 29, having deliberately infected Prussian soldiers.

### [Ça Ira](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-ira)

The lovely Irma, a dressmaker's assistant who orchestrates a scheme to trick wealthy men at the Opera ball.

### [Are We to Teach Latin?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/are-we-to-teach-latin)

The young laundress who becomes engaged to Piquedent and later marries him, running a grocery store together.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii)

Caroline Donet, the mistress of Hautot, who grieves his death and cares for their son Emile.

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