The Diary of a Country Priest (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Georges Bernanos
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1920’s
- Setting: France
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Social reform, France or French people, 1920’s, Spiritual life or spirituality, Death or dying, Good and evil, Gossip, Priests
- Locales: France
Characters Discussed
A Priest, the thirty-year-old cleric of Ambricourt Parish, in France, who strives to be frank with himself. Lonely and sympathetic, a child of poverty, he tries to help his people materially as well as spiritually. He believes the rich have a duty to the poor. His efforts to help his people undermine his health and bring scorn upon him. He fails again and again; only in death does he find peace, believing in God.
Dr. Maxence Delbende (mahk- SAHNS dehl-BAHND), a thwarted, bitter man. He helps frustrate the priest’s efforts to aid the parish...
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