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Madame Lecomte

Owner of a restaurant where Jake and Brett dine.

minor

First appearance: iv

Madame Lecomte shows up with force in Chapter VIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Hosts Jake and Bill at her restaurant on the Ile Saint Louis; remembers Bill from 1918.
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See Madame Lecomte in iv

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JBJake BarnesBGBill GortonMCMike CampbellLBLady Brett Ash…MOMontoyaMLMadame Lecomte

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor Paris and Pamplona figures
  • Expatriate social circle
  • Protagonist
  • Bullfighting aficionados

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This scene is the dramatic climax because it exposes the hollow core of the Lost Generation’s escapism: Bill’s…

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See Madame Lecomte in iv