The Perfume of Eros · Character
Fanny
A young Venus in Paris clothes whose charm is incandescent and whose bills are a running joke she tells better than anyone.
major
Also known as Marguerite, Marie, May Fanny
First appearance: The Ex-First Lady
As a major figure in The Perfume of Eros, Fanny is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Annandale's love interest, later his wife.
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Fanny drifts between hotels, relatives, and borrowed quarters, yet arrives each season as if the city were made for her. She is Sylvia's oldest friend and foil: where Sylvia is clean and still, Fanny allures, her eyes…
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See Fanny in The Ex-First LadyNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Marie’s realization that the piano holds no secret—that her year of obsessive pursuit of artistic and emotiona…
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Fanny appears across 11 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- The Facts in the Case
- II: The Pocket Venus
- The Ex-First Lady
- Sweet-and-Twenty
- Two in a Turret
- IX: Fanny Changes Her Clothes
- X: A Victim
- II: The Mote in the Eye
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See Fanny in The Ex-First Lady