Shorts from Scenes from Private Life · Character
Adélaïde
A young woman caught in a family dispute over inheritance.
minor
First appearance: the commission in lunacy
Adélaïde's tie to Hippolyte Schinner is one of the pressures that moves Shorts from Scenes from Private Life—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The daughter of the Baronne Leseigneur; she cares for Hippolyte after his fall and is the object of his affection.
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With Hippolyte Schinner (romantic): Adélaïde and Hippolyte Schinner are lovers, with their relationship tested by social and financial pressures. With Hippolyte Schinner (romantic): Adélaïde and Hippolyte Schinner are…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Other
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- Art and marriage
- Parisian social web
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Hippolyte Schinner
romantic · ambivalent
Adélaïde and Hippolyte Schinner are lovers, with their relationship tested by social and… How this plays out →
- Hippolyte Schinner
romantic · ambivalent
Adélaïde and Hippolyte Schinner are lovers, with their relationship tested by social and… How this plays out →
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