# André Duroy — Years of Grace character guide > André Duroy in Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes. **Role:** major **Also known as:** André, Funny French André, Mr. André, Darling André, Dear André **First appearance:** 0002-part-i-andr ## Snapshot A charming Frenchman loitering near the Water Works Tower, André Duroy is the first boy Jane Ward ever hurries through breakfast to meet. ## Who they are André Duroy waits nonchalantly near the Water Works Tower for a fourteen-year-old girl who has arranged her whole morning around escaping her approved friends. He is the boy Jane cannot walk to school with if Flora and Muriel are fluttering at her elbow — the private, unapproved pleasure that her mother's social world cannot contain. Decades later, Jane still measures other men against what she learned from him, and his name surfaces in her mind as the standard for a kind of husband she understands all too well. ## Relationships ### [Jane Ward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/jane_ward) _romantic_ André Duroy is Jane's passionate and persistent suitor, with a complex romantic dynamic that dominates the narrative. ### [Jane Ward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/jane_ward) _romantic_ André Duroy is Jane's passionate and persistent suitor, with a complex romantic dynamic that dominates the narrative. ### [Jane Ward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/jane_ward) _romantic_ André Duroy is Jane's passionate and persistent suitor, with a complex romantic dynamic that dominates the narrative. ## In the story ### [Part I: André](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/part-i-andr) Frenchman who becomes a central figure in the family's social circle. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) A French boy Jane likes; he waits for her under the Water Works Tower to walk her to school, but is teased by Flora and Muriel. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Back in town; sits with Jane on the coach and at the fair; Jane is eager to show him the World's Fair. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) A young man returning to Paris; cooks dinner, smokes cigarettes, and expresses his devotion to Jane. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) André sings a serenade to Jane, confesses his love for her on the beach, and expresses his feelings openly. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/iii) Promises not to write or see Jane until she is twenty-one, leaves for France to study sculpture. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Jane misses him and wants to be the kind of girl he would love and marry. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) André is absent but remembered by Jane; he has moved to Prague, and Jane misses him. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ii) Jane's romantic interest, a charming Frenchman who captivates her. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Mentioned in Jane's memories; she recalls his kiss and his words 'I'll never give you up.' ### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/iii) Writes to Jane after four years, announces winning the Prix de Rome, and asks her to wait until next spring. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/v) Sends a brief letter expressing shock and sadness at Jane's engagement, says he will not visit. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) A charming Frenchman who captures Jane's romantic interest. ### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/iii) Jane's former love; now a noted French sculptor recently married to Mademoiselle Cyprienne Pyramel-Gramont. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Neighbor and friend of the Ward family; shows interest in Jane. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Jane recalls André proposing to her on the beach; he is now an academician and sculptor. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/i) Jane's first love, whom she hopes to see again in Paris after thirty-four years of separation. Their relationship was simple and passionate. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/v) Not in Paris; Flora reveals she wrote to him about Cicily's wedding; Jane recalls his past letter and feels conflicted. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/viii) Attends the wedding; Jane is astonished by his resemblance to his father Mr. Duroy; he stares at Jane with amazement and pleasure. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/ix) Reunites with Jane in his Paris studio; now a bearded sculptor with a cynical outlook. ### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/chapters/x) Mentioned in Jane's thoughts as a recent preoccupation. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters/andre_duroy - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/years_of_grace_se/characters