Characters from The Belly of Paris

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Florent - He is the protagonist of novel, a man of gentle temperament who is painfully thin and is always hungry.

Quenu - His first name is never revealed. He was spoiled and pampered by his mother as a child, but never properly educated.

Lisa Macquart Quenu (La Belle Lisa) - She is thirty-years-old and has no relationship with her father but inherits her mother's strong work ethic and a reasonable and level-headed temperament.

Louise Méhudin (La Belle Normande) - She is a fishwife who owns and operates a stall in the market...
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