Madame Baudu is Baudu’s wife. She is pale and quiet, and these qualities increase as her family sinks closer to bankruptcy. Unlike her husband, Madame Baudu is perceptive of Colomban’s betrayal and Geneviève’s suffering. After Geneviève dies, Madame Baudu’s health worsens quickly. She passes away after several weeks of lying motionless and staring at the Ladies’ Paradise—her family’s enemy—through her window.
Madame Baudu Quotes in The Ladies’ Paradise
The The Ladies’ Paradise quotes below are all either spoken by Madame Baudu or refer to Madame Baudu . 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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Chapter 8
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It was true, it was stealing everything from them: from the father, his money; from the mother, her dying child; from the daughter, a husband for whom she had waited ten years.
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Madame Baudu Quotes in The Ladies’ Paradise
The The Ladies’ Paradise quotes below are all either spoken by Madame Baudu or refer to Madame Baudu . 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:
).
Chapter 8
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It was true, it was stealing everything from them: from the father, his money; from the mother, her dying child; from the daughter, a husband for whom she had waited ten years.
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