Lucien de Rubempré

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fictional character literary character

Lucien de Rubempré is an ambitious but ultimately tragic young poet and social climber in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, whose rise and fall epitomize the corrupting allure of Parisian high society.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lucien de Rubempré canonical	12
de Rubempré	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
adoptedName	Lucien de Rubempré self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: de Rubempré
appearsIn	Illusions perdues ⓘ La Comédie humaine ⓘ Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ⓘ
associatedWith	Daniel d’Arthez NERFINISHED ⓘ Vautrin ⓘ the Cénacle ⓘ the Parisian press ⓘ
basedIn	Angoulême ⓘ Paris ⓘ
characterArc	fall from social grace ⓘ rise in Parisian society ⓘ suicide ⓘ
creator	Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
familyNameAtBirth	Chardon ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	La Comédie humaine ⓘ
firstPublicationContext	19th-century French novel cycle ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
languageOfWork	French ⓘ
literaryPeriod	French Realist movement ⓘ surface form: French realism
mother	Madame Chardon ⓘ
narrativeRole	central figure in Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ⓘ protagonist of Illusions perdues ⓘ
nationality	French ⓘ
notableTrait	ambition ⓘ great literary talent ⓘ moral weakness ⓘ physical beauty ⓘ vanity ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ poet ⓘ
relative	Madame de Rubempré ⓘ
romanticRelationship	Coralie ⓘ Esther Gobseck ⓘ Madame de Bargeton ⓘ
sibling	Ève Chardon ⓘ
socialAspiration	aristocracy ⓘ
socialClass	provincial lower middle class ⓘ
symbolizes	the dangers of social climbing ⓘ the fragility of artistic integrity ⓘ the seduction of Parisian high society ⓘ
theme	conflict between art and money ⓘ corruption by high society ⓘ provincial versus Parisian life ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes → mainCharacter → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

La Comédie humaine → notableCharacter → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Scènes de la vie de province → hasNotableCharacter → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Vautrin → notableRelationship → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Baron de Nucingen → interactsWith → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

rise and fall of Lucien de Rubempré → mainCharacter → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Eugène de Rastignac → associatedWith → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Les Souffrances de l’inventeur → featuresCharacter → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Madame de Sérizy → associatedWith → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Madame de Sérizy → emotionallyAttachedTo → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Lucien de Rubempré → adoptedName → Lucien de Rubempré self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: de Rubempré

Étienne Lousteau → influences → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ

Louise de Bargeton → hasRelationshipWith → Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ