Oscar is a commonplace man, gentle, without assumption, modest, and always keeping, like his government, to a middle course. He excites neither envy nor contempt. In short, he is the modern bourgeois. ADDENDUM The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy. Beaupre, Fanny Modest Mignon The Muse of the Department Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Bridau, Joseph The Purse A Bachelor’s Establishment A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Modeste Mignon Another Study of Woman Pierre Grassou Letters of Two Brides Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Bruel, Jean Francois du A Bachelor’s Establishment The Government Clerks A Prince of Bohemia The Middle Classes A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Daughter of Eve Cabirolle, Madame A Bachelor’s Establishment Cabirolle, Agathe-Florentine Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Canalis, Constant-Cyr-Melchior, Baron de Letters of Two Brides A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Modeste Mignon The Magic Skin Another Study of Woman Beatrix The Unconscious Humorists The Member for Arcis Cardot, Jean-Jerome-Severin Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Cesar Birotteau Coralie, Mademoiselle A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Crottat, Alexandre Cesar Birotteau Colonel Chabert A Woman of Thirty Cousin Pons Derville Gobseck The Gondreville Mystery Father Goriot Colonel Chabert Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Desroches (son) A Bachelor’s Establishment Colonel Chabert A Woman of Thirty The Commission in Lunacy The Government Clerks A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Firm of Nucingen A Man of Business The Middle Classes Finot, Andoche Cesar Birotteau A Bachelor’s Establishment A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Government Clerks Gaudissart the Great The Firm of Nucingen Gaudron, Abbe The Government Clerks Honorine Giroudeau A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Godeschal, Francois-Claude-Marie Colonel Chabert A Bachelor’s Establishment The Commission in Lunacy The Middle Classes Cousin Pons Godeschal, Marie A Bachelor’s Establishment Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Cousin Pons