Short Fiction · Character

Madame Lecacheur

A shrewd innkeeper who hosts a memorable dinner party.

minor

Also known as Lecacheur

First appearance: short fiction

Madame Lecacheur shows up with force in A Norman. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Matthew's wife, Mélie, who scolds him for his drinking and helps with the saints.

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In A Norman: Matthew's wife, Mélie, who scolds him for his drinking and helps with the saints. Later, in André’s Disease: Mathilde, the…

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A Norman
Matthew's wife, Mélie, who scolds him for his drinking and helps with the saints.
André’s Disease
Mathilde, the lawyer's wife, who engages in an affair with Captain Sommerive.
I
The austere farmhouse innkeeper who dislikes Miss Harriet and refers to her as a 'demoniac.'
II
The innkeeper who is shown the narrator's painting but fails to appreciate it.
III
The landlady of the farmhouse who is distressed by the narrator's announcement of his departure.
Country Courts
Mentioned in the clerk's call for the next case, Célestin Polyte Lecacheur versus Prosper Magloire Dieulafait.
The Devil
The Rapet woman, an old washerwoman who nurses the dying, greedy and malicious, who frightens Mother Bontemps to death to fulfill her contract.
The Rabbit
Lecacheur's wife; a thin, energetic, neat woman who detests Polyte and is furious about the theft.
The Drowned Man
Witness or participant in the events surrounding the drowning.
I
Referred to as old Mother Patin, the abused wife of Patin.

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