The Jealousies of a Country Town · Character
Mme. du Croisier
Du Croisier's wife, who harbors a secret grudge.
minor
Also known as Mme. du Croisier, du Croisier, Mme
First appearance: The Collection of Antiquities
Mme. du Croisier shows up with force in The Collection of Antiquities. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A wealthy bourgeois and rival to the aristocracy, nursing a vengeance after his marriage proposals to Mlle.
Mme. du Croisier first appears in 0002 story ii the collection of antiquities.
In The Collection of Antiquities: A wealthy bourgeois and rival to the aristocracy, nursing a vengeance after his marriage proposals to Mlle. d'Esgrignon were refused.
Later, in The Collection of Antiquities: The bourgeois enemy of the d'Esgrignons; his victory is complete when Victurnien marries his niece, Mlle. Duval, and he praises the family's honor.
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- d'Esgrignon circle and rivals
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