# Natalie de Manerville — The Lily of the Valley character guide

> Natalie de Manerville in The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Madame la Comtesse Natalie de Manerville, Natalie, Madame la Comtesse, Madame, Natalie de Manerville, Dearest Natalie

**First appearance:** 0000-dedication

## Snapshot

A countess who demands Félix's buried past as proof of love, and receives a confession that may cost her the peace she asked for.

## Who they are

Natalie is the woman Félix loves now, secure enough in her power over him to insist on knowing everything that came before her. Her curiosity is both a lover's jealousy and a bid for intimacy, and Félix obeys her wish only by confessing how much it costs him to reopen old wounds. She frames the entire narrative: every memory of his boyhood and of Henriette reaches us because Natalie would not let a silence stand unexplained.

## Relationships

### [Henriette de Mortsauf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lily_of_the_valley_se/characters/henriette_de_mortsauf)

_friendship_

Natalie is a confidante to Henriette, though their friendship is tested by Natalie's own romantic interests.

### [Henriette de Mortsauf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lily_of_the_valley_se/characters/henriette_de_mortsauf)

_friendship_

Natalie is a confidante to Henriette, though their friendship is tested by Natalie's own romantic interests.

## In the story

### [The Lily of the Valley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lily_of_the_valley_se/chapters/the-lily-of-the-valley)

The recipient of Félix's confession, who demanded to know his past.

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