# Azenor — Short Fiction character guide

> Azenor in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0044-a-lady-of-bayou-st-john

## Snapshot

A barefoot Acadian girl in a too-small calico dress, she crosses grand yards with a tin pail and the quiet assurance of someone who knows her own worth.

## Who they are

Azélie moves between the shabby needs of her family and the prosperous world of the Mathurin plantation, sent to beg meat from a store kept only for the planter's hands. Her gentle, inoffensive face and slow, deliberate stillness make her hard to dismiss, even as her poverty marks every step she takes. The small errands that bring her onto that lawn set in motion the story's central unease about desire, class, and who is permitted to want.

## Relationships

### [Lalie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/lalie)

_family_

Azenor is the devoted mother of Lalie, caring for her despite poverty and hardship.

### [Lalie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/lalie)

_family_

Azenor is the devoted mother of Lalie, caring for her despite poverty and hardship.

## In the story

### [Love on the Bon-Dieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/love-on-the-bon-dieu)

A stalwart young man who seeks Père Antoine; he becomes deeply concerned for Lalie, eventually carrying her to his home when she falls ill.

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