The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman · Character
La Maronette
A French woman in a comic story about a nose.
minor
Also known as Maronette
First appearance: book iii
La Maronette shows up with force in Chapter XXIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The abbess who cries out in distress and regrets leaving the convent.
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