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Chapter 7: ADDENDUM
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The narrative follows Lucien de Rubempré after earlier events as he reinvents himself in Paris, pursuing literary success and social advancement while cultivating a polished public persona. Parallel episodes trace the existence of a celebrated courtesan and the networks of salons, theaters, and the press that shape both their fates. Scenes emphasize ambition, vanity, monetary pressure, and social hypocrisy, showing how reputation, desire, and transactional relationships determine alliances, betrayals, and the precarious balance between private feeling and public calculation.

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

     Ajuda-Pinto, Marquis Miguel d’
       Father Goriot
       The Secrets of a Princess
       Beatrix

     Bauvan, Comte Octave de
       Honorine

     Beaumesnil, Mademoiselle
       The Middle Classes
       A Second Home

     Beaupre, Fanny
       A Start in Life
       Modeste Mignon
       The Muse of the Department

     Bianchon, Horace
       Father Goriot
       The Atheist’s Mass
       Cesar Birotteau
       The Commission in Lunacy
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       The Secrets of a Princess
       The Government Clerks
       Pierrette
       A Study of Woman
       Honorine
       The Seamy Side of History
       The Magic Skin
       A Second Home
       A Prince of Bohemia
       Letters of Two Brides
       The Muse of the Department
       The Imaginary Mistress
       The Middle Classes
       Cousin Betty
       The Country Parson
     In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the following:
       Another Study of Woman
       La Grande Breteche

     Bibi-Lupin (chief of secret police, called himself Gondureau)
       Father Goriot

     Bixiou, Jean-Jacques
       The Purse
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       The Government Clerks
       Modeste Mignon
       The Firm of Nucingen
       The Muse of the Department
       Cousin Betty
       The Member for Arcis
       Beatrix
       A Man of Business
       Gaudissart II.
       The Unconscious Humorists
       Cousin Pons

     Blondet, Emile
       Jealousies of a Country Town
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       Modeste Mignon
       Another Study of Woman
       The Secrets of a Princess
       A Daughter of Eve
       The Firm of Nucingen
       The Peasantry

     Bouvard, Doctor
       Ursule Mirouet

     Braschon
       Cesar Birotteau

     Bridau, Philippe
       A Bachelor’s Establishment

     Cachan
       Lost Illusions

     Camusot de Marville
       Cousin Pons
       Jealousies of a Country Town
       The Commission in Lunacy

     Camusot de Marville, Madame
       The Vendetta
       Cesar Birotteau
       Jealousies of a Country Town
       Cousin Pons

     Cerizet
       Lost Illusions
       A Man of Business
       The Middle Classes

     Chardon, Madame (nee Rubempre)
       Lost Illusions

     Chatelet, Sixte, Baron du
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Thirteen

     Chaulieu, Henri, Duc de
       Letters of Two Brides
       Modeste Mignon
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       The Thirteen

     Collin, Jacqueline
       Cousin Betty
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Collin, Jacques
       Father Goriot
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Member for Arcis

     Corentin
       The Chouans
       The Gondreville Mystery
       The Middle Classes

     Crottat, Monsieur and Madame
       Cesar Birotteau

     Dauriat
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       Modeste Mignon

     Derville
       Gobseck
       A Start in Life
       The Gondreville Mystery
       Father Goriot
       Colonel Chabert

     Desplein
       The Atheist’s Mass
       Cousin Pons
       Lost Illusions
       The Thirteen
       The Government Clerks
       Pierrette
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       The Seamy Side of History
       Modeste Mignon
       Honorine

     Desroches (son)
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       Colonel Chabert
       A Start in Life
       A Woman of Thirty
       The Commission in Lunacy
       The Government Clerks
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Firm of Nucingen
       A Man of Business
       The Middle Classes

     Espard, Charles-Maurice-Marie-Andoche, Comte de Negrepelisse, Marquis d’
       The Commission in Lunacy

     Espard, Chevalier d’
       The Commission in Lunacy
       The Secrets of a Princess

     Espard, Jeanne-Clementine-Athenais de Blamont-Chauvry, Marquise d’
       The Commission in Lunacy
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       Letters of Two Brides
       Another Study of Woman
       The Gondreville Mystery
       The Secrets of a Princess
       A Daughter of Eve
       Beatrix

     Estourny, Charles d’
       Modeste Mignon
       A Man of Business

     Falleix, Jacques
       The Government Clerks
       The Thirteen

     Finot, Andoche
       Cesar Birotteau
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Government Clerks
       A Start in Life
       Gaudissart the Great
       The Firm of Nucingen

     Fouche, Joseph
       The Chouans
       The Gondreville Mystery

     Gaillard, Theodore
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       Beatrix
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Gaillard, Madame Theodore
       Jealousies of a Country Town
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       Beatrix
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Gaudissart, Felix
       Cousin Pons
       Cesar Birotteau
       Honorine
       Gaudissart the Great

     Givry
       Letters of Two Brides
       The Lily of the Valley

     Gobseck, Esther Van
       Gobseck
       The Firm of Nucingen
       A Bachelor’s Establishment

     Gobseck, Sarah Van
       Gobseck
       Cesar Birotteau
       The Maranas
       The Member for Arcis

     Godeschal, Marie
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       A Start in Life
       Cousin Pons

     Grandlieu, Duc Ferdinand de
       The Gondreville Mystery
       The Thirteen
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       Modeste Mignon

     Grandlieu, Duchesse Ferdinand de
       Beatrix
       A Daughter of Eve

     Grandlieu, Mademoiselle de
       A Bachelor’s Establishment

     Grandlieu, Vicomtesse de
       Colonel Chabert
       Gobseck

     Grandlieu, Vicomte Juste de
       Gobseck

     Grandlieu, Vicomtesse Juste de
       Gobseck
       A Daughter of Eve

     Granville, Vicomte de
       The Gondreville Mystery
       A Second Home
       Farewell (Adieu)
       Cesar Birotteau
       A Daughter of Eve
       Cousin Pons

     Granville, Baron Eugene de
       A Second Home

     Grindot
       Cesar Birotteau
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       A Start in Life
       Beatrix
       The Middle Classes
       Cousin Betty

     Herrera, Carlos
       Lost Illusions

     Katt
       The Middle Classes

     La Peyrade, Charles-Marie-Theodose de
       The Middle Classes

     La Peyrade, Madame de
       The Middle Classes

     Lebrun
       Cousin Pons

     Lenoncourt-Givry, Duchesse de
       The Lily of the Valley
       Letters of Two Brides

     Louchard
       Cousin Pons

     Louis XVIII., Louis-Stanislas-Xavier
       The Chouans
       The Seamy Side of History
       The Gondreville Mystery
        The Ball at Sceaux
       The Lily of the Valley
       Colonel Chabert
       The Government Clerks

     Lousteau, Etienne
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       A Daughter of Eve
       Beatrix
       The Muse of the Department
       Cousin Betty
       A Prince of Bohemia
       A Man of Business
       The Middle Classes
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Lupeaulx, Clement Chardin des
       The Muse of the Department
       Eugenie Grandet
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Government Clerks
       Ursule Mirouet

     Madeleine
       Cousin Pons

     Marron
       Lost Illusions

     Massol
       The Magic Skin
       A Daughter of Eve
       Cousin Betty
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Maufrigneuse, Duc de
       The Secrets of a Princess
       A Start in Life
       A Bachelor’s Establishment

     Maufrigneuse, Duchesse de
       The Secrets of a Princess
       Modeste Mignon
       Jealousies of a Country Town
       The Muse of the Department
       Letters of Two Brides
       Another Study of Woman
       The Gondreville Mystery
       The Member for Arcis

     Meynardie, Madame
       The Thirteen

     Mirbel, Madame de
       Letters of Two Brides
       The Secrets of a Princess

     Montcornet, Marechal, Comte de
       Domestic Peace
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Peasantry
       A Man of Business
       Cousin Betty

     Nathan, Raoul
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Secrets of a Princess
       A Daughter of Eve
       Letters of Two Brides
       The Seamy Side of History
       The Muse of the Department
       A Prince of Bohemia
       A Man of Business
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Nathan, Madame Raoul
       The Muse of the Department
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Government Clerks
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       Ursule Mirouet
       Eugenie Grandet
       The Imaginary Mistress
       A Prince of Bohemia
       A Daughter of Eve
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Navarreins, Duc de
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       Colonel Chabert
       The Muse of the Department
       The Thirteen
       Jealousies of a Country Town
       The Peasantry
       The Country Parson
       The Magic Skin
       The Gondreville Mystery
       The Secrets of a Princess
       Cousin Betty

     Nourrisson, Madame
       Cousin Betty
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Nucingen, Baron Frederic de
       The Firm of Nucingen
       Father Goriot
       Pierrette
       Cesar Birotteau
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       Another Study of Woman
       The Secrets of a Princess
       A Man of Business
       Cousin Betty
       The Muse of the Department
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Nucingen, Baronne Delphine de
       Father Goriot
       The Thirteen
       Eugenie Grandet
       Cesar Birotteau
       Melmoth Reconciled
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Commission in Lunacy
       Modeste Mignon
       The Firm of Nucingen
       Another Study of Woman
       A Daughter of Eve
       The Member for Arcis

     Peyrade
       The Gondreville Mystery

     Poiret, the elder
       The Government Clerks
       Father Goriot
       A Start in Life
       The Middle Classes

     Poiret, Madame (nee Christine-Michelle Michonneau)
       Father Goriot
       The Middle Classes

     Portenduere, Vicomte Savinien de
       The Ball at Sceaux
       Ursule Mirouet
       Beatrix

     Rastignac, Eugene de
       Father Goriot
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Ball at Sceaux
       The Commission in Lunacy
       A Study of Woman
       Another Study of Woman
       The Magic Skin
       The Secrets of a Princess
       A Daughter of Eve
       The Gondreville Mystery
       The Firm of Nucingen
       Cousin Betty
       The Member for Arcis
       The Unconscious Humorists

     Rhetore, Duc Alphonse de
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       Letters of Two Brides
       Albert Savarus
       The Member for Arcis

     Rubempre, Lucien-Chardon de
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       The Government Clerks
       Ursule Mirouet

     Schmucke, Wilhelm
       A Daughter of Eve
       Ursule Mirouet
       Cousin Pons

     Sechard, David
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial At Paris

     Sechard, Madame David
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial At Paris

     Selerier
       Father Goriot

     Serizy, Comte Hugret de
       A Start in Life
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       Honorine
       Modeste Mignon

     Serizy, Comtesse de
       A Start in Life
       The Thirteen
       Ursule Mirouet
       A Woman of Thirty
       Another Study of Woman
       The Imaginary Mistress

     Tours-Minieres, Bernard-Polydor Bryond, Baron des
       The Seamy Side of History

     Vernou, Felicien
       A Bachelor’s Establishment
       Lost Illusions
       A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
       A Daughter of Eve
       Cousin Betty

     Vivet, Madeleine
       Cousin Pons