Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from the aging widower Honoré Panisse.
husband wife relationship
sexual obsession
platonic love
moral conflict
love
pregnant woman
selfishness
older husband
ego in love
tragicomedy
maternal love
pregnant without husband