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 
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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