# Madame de la Verdelière — The Revolt of the Angels character guide

> Madame de la Verdelière in The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bouchotte, Madame d'Esparvieu

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A fashionable society lady devoted to good works, whose charitable visit to the wounded Maurice is abruptly refused at the door.

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Arcade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/characters/arcade)

_social_

Arcade interacts with Madame de la Verdelière as a guest and acquaintance in her social circle.

### [Prince Istar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/characters/prince_istar)

_social_

Madame de la Verdelière hosts Prince Istar in her salon, treating him as an exotic and intriguing guest.

### [Arcade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/characters/arcade)

_social_

Arcade interacts with Madame de la Verdelière as a guest and acquaintance in her social circle.

### [Arcade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/characters/arcade)

_social_

Arcade interacts with Madame de la Verdelière as a guest and acquaintance in her social circle.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as the woman for whom Maurice may have volunteered as a stretcher-bearer at Lourdes.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/viii)

Hosts the gathering; directs Maurice to show Gilberte the library.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xii)

The music-hall singer with whom Théophile fell in love; she feeds and clothes him but despises his poverty.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xiv)

Mentioned as Bouchotte; serves tea to the angels, fears them despite not knowing their true nature.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxiii)

Sends Maurice to Bouchotte with an offer to perform at a charity fête for the Preservation of Country Churches.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxv)

Bouchotte, the performer, is in her dressing-room after the show, interacting with Maurice and her admirers.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxvii)

Referred to as Bouchotte; she hosts gatherings and has a relationship with Arcade.

### [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxviii)

Maurice's mother, who plays the role of the aggrieved parent but is described as harsh and unsympathetic.

### [The Wounded Angel and the Skeptical World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxx)

Offers to nurse Maurice but is turned away by Gilberte's instigation.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxii)

Visits Maurice to solicit a subscription for French churches; leaves in indignation after Arcade's offensive remarks.

## Links

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