On the other end of the spectrum, we have Countess Dubern playing the role of the story's villainess, and may I say that she is totally despicable. If it did, they would marry, but it doesn't, so they won't. Her and Maude's lack of interest in marriage does not come across as a femi-Nazi "girl power" attitude, but more that marriage simply doesn't fit into their future plans. But then, like Maude, I got to know her much better, and Isabelle soon became a strong-willed young woman with her own commendable ambitions. I felt that I really was not going to like her. Isabelle Dubern initially came across as a brat - as she was supposed to.
However, this doesn't lessen Maude's overall good personality and commendable desire to pursue her ambitions. So when Maude ignores good advice and falls further and further into this new way of life among the Duberns, Readers will experience frustration and disbelief. We Readers know that she shouldn't trust Countess Dubern, and we Readers know that Maude's attempt to fit in among the higher echelons of society will only end in grief. It is also very easy to get frustrated with her. A plain girl who struggles with being accepted for her intelligence or her looks, Maude is also a very easy girl to relate to. It's hard to not like her and her wish to be more than what she is. The girls are about to discover the true meaning of being beautiful.Characters: Maude Pichon is a girl with big, yet practical, dreams. But when bohemian artist Paul and the handsome Duke d'Avaray are introduced into the girls' lives, their friendship will be tested to its limits. Maude finds that academic Isabelle is equally disenchanted with the Parisian social scene, and the girls form a tight bond. Maude is humiliated - but faced with destitution, what choice does she have? Quickly (and secretly) selected as the perfect companion for the Countess Dubern's daughter Isabelle, Maude is thrown into a decadent world full of parties, glamour and astonishing cruelty. Maude discovers she is to be a repoussoir - an ugly young woman hired by Parisian socialites to enhance their beauty. Apply In Person To The Durandeau Agency.' But the work is very strange indeed.
Increasingly desperate for money, she answers a mysterious advert: 'Young Women Wanted for Undemanding Work. When sixteen-year-old Maude runs away to Paris, her romantic dreams vanish as quickly as her savings.
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