The Holy Sinner (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Mann
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: The sixth century
- Setting: Lands that became Belgium and France, the North Sea, and Rome
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, France or French people, Sin or Original sin, Brothers and sisters, Incest, Legends, Popes or papacy, Middle Ages, Fishing or fishermen, Rome, Atonement
- Locales: France, Rome, Italy, Belgium, North Sea
Characters Discussed
Brother Clemens, the narrator, an Irish monk from the cloister of Clonmacnoise who sets about telling the story of the children of Duke Grimald. Clemens tells the story with great sympathy and poetry, believing his tale to be instructional as well as entertaining. Living in Rome, Clemens (his Irish name is Morhold) believes that his tale of a saint has a universal message: The sinner may be the chosen one (the German title translates as “The Chosen One”).
Duke Grimald and
Baduhenna, the grandparents of “the Holy Sinner.” Grimald is the...
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