# Baron Ercole — Dodsworth character guide

> Baron Ercole in Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0011-x

## Who they are

An Italian baron met by the Dodsworths.

## In the story

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Ex-diplomat and law professor at the University of Naples; rents villas on his estate; described as poor but dignified.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Hosts Sam and Edith at the Ercole estate; part of the lively Italian social circle.

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