# Jeanne Cordier — Short Fiction character guide

> Jeanne Cordier in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cordier, Jeanne

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

## Who they are

A young woman who defies her father to marry the man she loves.

## In the story

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

Mentioned as the passive, soft heroine of 'Une Vie,' whose lack of moral spring is highlighted.

### [At the Church Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/at-the-church-door)

The wheelwright's wife, who shares in the grief and search for their lost son, and is present at the church reunion.

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

The daughter Henriette, who experiences a passionate encounter with Henri on the island and later marries the yellow-haired youth.

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

Not directly present; no character matches the lady who comments at the end.

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

The protagonist, a married woman who experiences a romantic awakening through a dream and struggles with desire and fidelity.

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

The narrator and letter-writer, who reflects on her husband's shaved moustache and its impact on her feelings.

### [The Little One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-little-one)

Monsieur Lemonnier's late wife, who died in childbirth and is remembered with adoration.

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

Cora (Céleste Coralie Cachelin), the young daughter, is the object of Lesable's attention and becomes his queen at the Twelfth Night cake ceremony.

### [Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/happiness)

The woman who ran away with the soldier; she is revealed to be Suzanne de Sirmont.

### [Nerves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/nerves)

The daughter, Juliette, who was buried alive and later returned home.

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

The bride, Mlle. Jeanne Cordier, who marries Maître Lebrument and is abandoned in Paris after he takes her dowry.

### [The Little Soldier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-little-soldier)

The milkmaid who becomes romantically involved with Luc, leading to Jean's despair.

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

The woman referred to as Jeanne de Limours, the object of the Frenchman's obsessive love and the cause of his ruin.

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

Mother of the Hauser family; she gives detailed instructions before departing for Loëche.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/i)

The Comtesse de Mascaret, who defiantly reveals her secret revenge against her husband's tyranny.

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

The Comtesse de Mascaret, who waits anxiously for her husband, swears on her children's heads, and later comforts them. She receives a letter from her husband announcing his departure.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iv)

Referred to as a potential child of uncertain paternity, but not directly present.

## Links

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