Albert Savarus · Character

Baron de Watteville

Descendant of a famous renegade, he retreats from his formidable wife into a lathe, a shell collection, and the profoundest ignorance.

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Also known as Monsieur de Watteville, the famous Watteville, the Baron de Watteville, Monsieur le Baron de Watteville, The Baron de Watteville, de Watteville, The Baron, Monsieur le Baron

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Monsieur de Watteville is a dry, lean man who married the heiress of the Rupts and discovered early that he would never be master in his own house. He spends his days in a workshop turning wood and cataloguing geological fragments, a harmless hobby that the family's sharper observers regard as a first degree of madness. His passivity is the quiet condition of the Hôtel de Rupt, and his daughter's freedom to observe and scheme depends on his never looking up from his lathe.

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Character groups

Watteville household and servants
Central romantic and religious figures
Protagonist
Local society and Italian nobility

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Rosalie de Watteville
family · ambivalent
Baron de Watteville is Rosalie's father, a stern and controlling figure who seeks to… How this plays out →
Albert Savarus
social · ambivalent
Albert Savarus
social · ambivalent
Rosalie de Watteville
family · ambivalent
Baron de Watteville is Rosalie's father, a stern and controlling figure who seeks to… How this plays out →
Albert Savarus
social · ambivalent
Rosalie de Watteville
family · ambivalent
Baron de Watteville is Rosalie's father, a stern and controlling figure who seeks to… How this plays out →

Rosalie de Watteville
Baron de Watteville is Rosalie's father, a stern and controlling figure who seeks to manage her future.
Albert Savarus
Albert is a guest and acquaintance of the Baron, maintaining polite but distant relations.
Albert Savarus
Albert is a guest and acquaintance of the Baron, maintaining polite but distant relations.
Rosalie de Watteville
Baron de Watteville is Rosalie's father, a stern and controlling figure who seeks to manage her future.
Albert Savarus
Albert is a guest and acquaintance of the Baron, maintaining polite but distant relations.
Rosalie de Watteville
Baron de Watteville is Rosalie's father, a stern and controlling figure who seeks to manage her future.

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