Maison Vauquer
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Maison Vauquer is a shabby Parisian boarding house that serves as a central setting in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Père Goriot."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madame Vauquer’s boarding house | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional boarding house
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Vauquer boarding house NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCycle | Scènes de la vie privée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
ambition and social climbing
ⓘ
family breakdown ⓘ money and corruption ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
cheap boarding house
ⓘ
gloomy ⓘ shabby ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDateOfWork | 1835 ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere | stale and oppressive ⓘ |
| hasCuisine | poor quality food ⓘ |
| hasInterior |
dingy common dining room
ⓘ
small, uncomfortable bedrooms ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Madame Vauquer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTenants |
impoverished aristocrats
ⓘ
middle-class lodgers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| housesCharacter |
Eugène de Rastignac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean-Joachim Goriot NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Couture NERFINISHED ⓘ Mademoiselle Michonneau NERFINISHED ⓘ Poiret NERFINISHED ⓘ Vautrin NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorine Taillefer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Faubourg Saint-Marcel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France ⓘ Paris ⓘ Rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Le Père Goriot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
place where Rastignac observes Parisian society
ⓘ
site of Vautrin’s intrigues ⓘ stage for Goriot’s decline ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | concentrates multiple social classes in one space ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | pension bourgeoise ⓘ |
| runBy | Madame Vauquer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesAs | central setting of Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
poverty
ⓘ
social decay ⓘ social stratification in Restoration France ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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