Dominique (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugène Fromentin
- First Published: 1862
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: France
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Poetry or poets, Adultery, Orphans or orphanages, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Dominique de Bray (doh-mee- NEEK deh breh), a gentleman who tells the narrator the story of his life up to his early retirement to a quiet, happy life with his wife and children. Attracted to Madeleine de Nièvres during his schooldays, his love for her, after she marries another, fills his life with conflicts between the emotions and the disciplines of the mind. Finally realizing the mediocrity of his talents as a writer and the hopelessness of his and Madeleine’s love, he retires to the Château des Trembles to become the unpretentious and beloved...
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