Are they premonitory?
Will the first names of the heroes and heroines of literature ensure the same fate for those who wear them?
You have to choose what you want for your offspring: the grandeur of a tragic destiny (Emma, Juliette, Lise ...), or the tranquility of a happy life (Hector, Gustave, Félicien ...) .
Some of our names are legendary.
Bearers of a literary history, they recall those characters from novels who have marked us by their grandeur, their superb, or their terrible perfidy.
Take the first name
Edmond
.
One cannot help thinking, when hearing it, of the one who wrote about one of the most varied characters in our literature.
And who does not think of Racine's heroine, superb and masterful in her humiliation, after having crossed
paths with
a
Berenice
?
Will you do this test flawlessly?
Le Figaro invites
you to (re) discover these first names from literature, thanks to the work by Sarah Sauquet,
A first name of heroine and hero, Dictionary of the most beautiful names inspired by literature
(Robert, 2019).
