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Madame Marty
Monsieur Marty is a professor and Madame Marty’s husband. Madame Marty’s excessive spending at the Ladies’ Paradise forces Monsieur Marty to seek financial help from Madame Desforges, and to take on some shady teaching jobs that jeopardize his main position. Ultimately, Madame Marty’s habits drive him into a fit of mania in which he behaves like a tyrant, and she goes to live with her uncle.
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Monsieur Marty Character Timeline in The Ladies’ Paradise
The timeline below shows where the character Monsieur Marty appears in The Ladies’ Paradise. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...destroying him. Mouret says that new shops improve the lives of the middle class, and Monsieur Marty glares at him.
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Chapter 11
...low-class marriage for someone who has high-class ancestors, but Mouret preaches the “aristocracy of labor.” Monsieur Marty arrives and thanks Madame Desforges for helping him find new work. He then responds to...
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Chapter 14
...They hope to find Madame Marty, who recently went to live with an uncle after Monsieur Marty became tyrannical in a spell of mania.
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