Paquita Valdès

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Paquita Valdès is a central fictional character in Honoré de Balzac’s novella *La Fille aux yeux d’or*, depicted as an exotic, mysterious young woman whose beauty and enslavement embody themes of desire, power, and possession in Parisian high society.

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Paquita Valdès canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn La Fille aux yeux d’or NERFINISHED
appearsInSeries La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme desire
erotic obsession
exoticism
objectification of women
possession
power
slavery
characterRole central character
controlledBy Marquise de San-Réal NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork France NERFINISHED
createdBy Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
creator Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
death killed by Marquise de San-Réal NERFINISHED
describedAs beautiful
exotic
mysterious
eyeColor golden
fictionalUniverse La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED
firstAppearedIn La Fille aux yeux d’or NERFINISHED
firstPublicationWorkDate 1835 GENERATED
gender female
guardedBy mulatto servants
languageOfWork French
literaryMovement French realism NERFINISHED
medium prose fiction
narrativeFunction object of desire
tragic victim
nationality Spanish
partOf Scènes de la vie parisienne NERFINISHED
Études de moeurs NERFINISHED
relationshipWith Henri de Marsay NERFINISHED
Marquise de San-Réal NERFINISHED
residence Parisian hôtel particulier
setting Paris
socialContext Parisian high society
status enslaved woman
symbolizes commodity in high society
exotic otherness
female subjugation
sexual desire
workGenre novella

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La Fille aux yeux d’or hasCharacter Paquita Valdès