Chance · Character
de Barral
A ruined financier whose glittering reputation collapses into prison, he looms over his daughter Flora's fate like a debt that can never be repaid.
major
Also known as Mr. de Barral, the great de Barral, old de Barral, the Great de Barral
First appearance: III: Thrift—and the Child
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His financial empire collapses, leaving him destitute and helpless, unable to care for his daughter.
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Once hailed as the great de Barral, a man whose financial genius seemed to bend fortune itself, he now exists as a cautionary monument to vanity and collapse. His ruin is not merely financial but moral: it leaves Flora…
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- Other
Character groups
- Flora's orbit and ship crew
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
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- III: Thrift—and the Child
- V: The Great de Barral
- VI: … a Moonless Night, Thick with Stars Above, Very Dark on the Water
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See de Barral in III: Thrift—and the Child