When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literature, Philosophy, and Mythology
- Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie (I.6.1)
- Sir Walter Scott (I.6.6; Bride of Lammermoor, II.15.6)
- Eugène Sue (I.9.6)
- Honoré de Balzac (I.9.6)
- George Sand (I.9.6)
- Voltaire (II.7.14; II.14.7; II.14.19, III.9.29)
- Baron d’Holbach (III.9.29)
Historical References
- French Revolution (I.6.6)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (I.6.6)
- Joan of Arc (I.6.6)
- Héloïse (I.6.6)
- Agnès Sorel (I.6.6)
- Clémence Isaure (I.6.6)
- Massacre of St. Bartholomew (I.6.6)
- Death of the Duke of Clarence (II.12.23)
- Louise de la Vallière (II.14.9)
- Louis XIII (III.V.104)
Pop Culture
- Leonardo da Vinci, La Belle Ferronnière, painting (I.6.6)
- Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, an opera (II.15.1)
- Charles Steuben, Esmerelda, painting (III.7.48)
- Henri-Fréderic Schopin, Potiphar, painting (III.7.48)