# Princess Goritza — The Jealousies of a Country Town character guide

> Princess Goritza in The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Princess Goritza, the Princess Goritza

**First appearance:** 0002-story-ii-the-collection-of-antiquities

## Who they are

A foreign princess who appears in Parisian society.

## In the story

### [The Old Maid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jealousies_of_a_country_town_se/chapters/the-old-maid)

A lovely Hungarian lady whom the Chevalier loved in his youth; her portrait is on his snuffbox, and he fought a duel for her.

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