Under the Sun of Satan (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Georges Bernanos
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Religious
- Time of Work: The beginning of the twentieth century
- Setting: The rural northwestern area of France
- Genres: Long fiction, Didactic literature
- Subjects: Teenagers, France or French people, Suicide, Crime or criminals, Twentieth century, Religion, Pregnancy, Christianity, Death or dying, Ethics, Devils or demons, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Satan or Satanism
- Locales: France
Characters Discussed
Germaine “Mouchette” Malorthy (zhehr-MEHN mew-SHEHT mah-lohr- TEE), a sixteen-year-old murderess and suicide. Small, nymphlike, and intense, she unashamedly sets out to seduce both Dr. Gallet and Jacques de Cadignan. Pregnant by the latter, she threatens to expose him to public scorn and to the police if he does not agree to marry her. After Mouchette tells him that she is also the mistress of Dr. Gallet, however, he violently rapes her. She then shoots him in the throat, and it looks as though he committed suicide. She also attempts to blackmail Dr....
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