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Cyril’s mother, a widow, is an older woman who takes pride in having raised a family and fulfilled her domestic duties. Cécile, Raymond, and Anne meet Cyril’s mother over tea at her rented villa. Anne defends Cyril’s mother against Cécile’s attacks on the older woman’s self-righteous pride in her “bourgeois” lifestyle, which Cécile adamantly claims is nothing to be proud of.
Cyril’s Mother Quotes in Bonjour Tristesse
The Bonjour Tristesse quotes below are all either spoken by Cyril’s Mother or refer to Cyril’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 6 Quotes
In three weeks we would be back in Paris, and the main thing was that nothing should happen before then. Elsa would be out of our way, and my father and Anne would get married if by then they had not changed their minds. In Paris I would have Cyril, and just as Anne had been unable to keep us apart here, so she would find it impossible to stop me from seeing him once we were home. In Paris, Cyril had a room away from his mother. I could already imagine the window open to the pink and blue sky, the wonderful sky of Paris, with the pigeons cooing on the window sill, and with Cyril beside me on the narrow bed…
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Cyril’s Mother Character Timeline in Bonjour Tristesse
The timeline below shows where the character Cyril’s Mother appears in Bonjour Tristesse. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 4
One afternoon, Cécile, Raymond, and Anne have tea with Cyril and his mother , an older woman who speaks of her struggles as a widow and mother. Afterward,...
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