# Adélaïde — Shorts from Scenes from Private Life character guide

> Adélaïde in Shorts from Scenes from Private Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0020-the-commission-in-lunacy

## Who they are

A young woman caught in a family dispute over inheritance.

## Relationships

### [Hippolyte Schinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shorts_from_scenes_from_private_life_se/characters/hippolyte_schinner)

_romantic_

Adélaïde and Hippolyte Schinner are lovers, with their relationship tested by social and financial pressures.

### [Hippolyte Schinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shorts_from_scenes_from_private_life_se/characters/hippolyte_schinner)

_romantic_

Adélaïde and Hippolyte Schinner are lovers, with their relationship tested by social and financial pressures.

## In the story

### [The Purse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shorts_from_scenes_from_private_life_se/chapters/the-purse)

The daughter of the Baronne Leseigneur; she cares for Hippolyte after his fall and is the object of his affection.

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