Henriette de Mortsauf

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Henriette de Mortsauf is the virtuous, self-sacrificing noblewoman who serves as the central love interest and moral ideal in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Lys dans la vallée."

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Henriette de Mortsauf canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Balzac character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Le Lys dans la vallée
The Lily of the Valley
appearsInCycle La Comédie humaine
associatedWithPlace Indre-et-Loire
surface form: Indre‑et‑Loire
characterTrait chaste
devoted
dutiful
pious
self‑sacrificing
virtuous
createdBy Honoré de Balzac
createdInYear 1835
embodiesTheme duty versus passion
idealized womanhood
self‑denial
familyName de Mortsauf
firstAppearedIn Le Lys dans la vallée
surface form: 1835 novel Le Lys dans la vallée
firstPublicationContext La Comédie humaine
gender female
givenName Henriette
hasUnconsummatedLoveWith Félix de Vandenesse
influences Félix de Vandenesse’s moral development
languageOfWork French
literaryMovementContext French realism
livesAt Clochegourde
loveInterestOf Félix de Vandenesse
maritalStatus married
moralFunctionInWork moral guide for Félix de Vandenesse
moralStatusInNarrative idealized
narrativeFunction contrast to worldly passion
object of idealized, spiritual love
nationality French
roleInWork central love interest
heroine
moral ideal
setting Touraine
socialClass nobility
spouse Comte de Mortsauf
timePeriodOfFictionalExistence early 19th century

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Le Lys dans la vallée majorCharacter Henriette de Mortsauf
The Lily of the Valley mainCharacter Henriette de Mortsauf
Comte de Mortsauf spouse Henriette de Mortsauf
Félix de Vandenesse loveInterest Henriette de Mortsauf