Fantomina Characters

The lady is a beautiful young gentlewoman, sheltered yet adventurous, living in London for the first time after growing up in the English countryside. As she is staying with an incompetent and gullible aunt, she… read analysis of The Lady

A rakish gentleman, Beauplaisir is sexually promiscuous but quickly bored by his “conquests.” As such—according to Fantomina’s narrator—he is a quintessential man, ready to promise eternal fidelity to attractive women but fickle as soon… read analysis of Beauplaisir

The lady’s strict and intelligent mother joins in her London after the lady has already conducted her affair with Beauplaisir under several guises. Due to her mother’s watchful guardianship, the lady—who has become pregnant—is… read analysis of The Lady’s Mother