The Revolt of the Angels · Character
Madame de la Verdelière
A fashionable society lady devoted to good works, whose charitable visit to the wounded Maurice is abruptly refused at the door.
supporting
Also known as Bouchotte, Madame d'Esparvieu
First appearance: I
As a supporting figure in The Revolt of the Angels, Madame de la Verdelière is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Mentioned as the woman for whom Maurice may have volunteered as a stretcher-bearer at Lourdes.
Madame de la Verdelière moves in the best French society as one of its most gracious grandes dames, assiduous in every modish and patriotic cause. When Maurice is injured, she personally calls to ask after him and offers to nurse him — only to have Arcade, at Madame des Aubels' urging, shut the door in her face. Her brief appearance captures the polished, self-satisfied world of charity and visiting cards against which the angels' revolt plays out, and the small humiliation of her rejected kindness shows how quickly that world's protocols can be overturned.
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Rebellious Angels and Mortals
- Protagonist
- Family, Society, and Authority
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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