Explosion in a Cathedral (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alejo Carpentier
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1789-1808
- Setting: Caribbean islands and Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Dictators, Caribbean, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Revolutions, Eighteenth century, French Revolution
- Locales: Caribbean, Europe
Characters Discussed
Victor Hugues (ewg), a robust self-made French entrepreneur and revolutionary living in the Caribbean. He is a man of action who likes to be in charge, whether it is in the Havana household he enters on a trip from his home in Saint- Domingue (future Haiti) in 1789, or, later, as an agent of various French governments in Caribbean colonies. Victor helps organize the business of his recently orphaned young Cuban hosts and familiarizes them with the latest liberal ideas. An opportunist, he adapts to the successive stages of the French Revolution, from initial...
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