Shorts from Scenes from Private Life · Character
Angélique Bontems
A young woman who marries a man she does not love.
minor
Also known as Mademoiselle Angélique Bontems, Angélique, old Bontems, Mademoiselle Bontems
First appearance: the ball at sceaux
Angélique Bontems shows up with force in A Second Home. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The sanctimonious woman who criticizes the Count's conduct, only to be reminded by the Count that her own father was a Jacobin.
Angélique Bontems first appears in 0003 the ball at sceaux.
In A Second Home: The sanctimonious woman who criticizes the Count's conduct, only to be reminded by the Count that her own father was a Jacobin.
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Character groups
- Unhappy marriages
- Parisian social web
- Protagonist
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
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