The Jealousies of a Country Town · Character
Old M. Blondet
A provincial judge and father of the Parisian journalist Émile, embodying the cautious respectability of the local magistracy.
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Also known as old M. Blondet, M. Blondet, Blondet, Blondet junior, Dear M. Blondet, old Blondet, Vice-President Blondet, Goodman Blondet
First appearance: story i the old maid
As a supporting figure in The Jealousies of a Country Town, Old M. Blondet is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Made a councillor to the Royal-Court; later retires to his house in Alençon.
Vice-President Blondet belongs to the solid, unglamorous stratum of provincial society—the legal men whose judgments shape daily life in a country town. As Émile's father, he represents the respectable bourgeois world his son has left behind for Parisian letters, and his position on the bench places him near the center of local quarrels and alliances. Through him, Balzac sketches the generational divide between provincial duty and Parisian ambition.
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See Old M. Blondet in story i the old maid