One character in this novel becomes so fascinated by Noémie Nioche, an untalented painter, that he fights a duel to defend her honor. That character dies after that duel, but not before he manages to tell his friend that he should ask a housekeeper named Mrs. Bread to tell him a secret about the family of the woman he loves. That woman is a young widow to whom the protagonist is introduced by Mrs. Tristram, and who ends up becoming a nun. In the end, the secret of the Bellegarde family is destroyed by Christopher Newman. For ten points, name th
One character in this novel becomes so fascinated by Noémie Nioche, an untalented painter, that he fights a duel to defend her honor. That character dies after that duel, but not before he manages to tell his friend that he should ask a housekeeper named Mrs. Bread to tell him a secret about the family of the woman he loves. That woman is a young widow to whom the protagonist is introduced by Mrs. Tristram, and who ends up becoming a nun. In the end, the secret of the Bellegarde family is destroyed by Christopher Newman. For ten points, name this 1877 novel by Henry James about a wealthy man from a certain nation.
One character in this novel becomes so fascinated by Noémie Nioche, an untalented painter, that he fights a duel to defend her honor.
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