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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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ASArchbishop Ste…TLThe Lady Bauss…MWMrs. WadmanMAMariaDIDinahLMLa Maronette

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See La Maronette in book iii