Stéphanie de Vandières

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Stéphanie de Vandières is the tragic young noblewoman who serves as the central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s short story "Adieu," embodying themes of love, madness, and loss against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Balzac character
fictional character
literary character
noblewoman
appearsIn Adieu NERFINISHED
La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED
associatedTheme death
insanity
loss
love
madness
memory
sacrifice
trauma
unrequited love
war
centralConflictContext Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
characterType romantic tragic figure
countryOfFictionalOrigin France NERFINISHED
createdBy Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
emotionalState despair
madness
fictionalHistoricalContext Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus imaginary person
firstAppearedIn Adieu NERFINISHED
firstPublicationAuthor Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED
gender female
genreOfWorkContext short story
includedInCycle Scènes de la vie militaire NERFINISHED
Scènes de la vie privée NERFINISHED
languageOfWork French
linkedToEvent Napoleonic campaigns NERFINISHED
literaryMovementContext realism
medium prose fiction
narrativeFunction tragic heroine
narrativeRole central figure in Adieu
partOfFictionalUniverse La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED
roleInWork protagonist
settingPeriod early 19th century
socialClass nobility
socialStatus aristocracy
workAuthorNationality French
workTitleLanguage French

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Adieu mainCharacter Stéphanie de Vandières