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John Mauprat

The Mauprat clan's ruthless patriarch, whose violence built the family's infamy and whose late-life piety conceals an appetite for vengeance and gold.

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Also known as old Mauprat, John de Mauprat, Mauprat

First appearance: I

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The patriarch of the Mauprat family, known for his tyrannical and violent rule over Roche-Mauprat.

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John Mauprat is the uncle whose brutality shaped Bernard's childhood and whose shadow hangs over every claim to Roche-Mauprat. When he resurfaces as a penitent monk, his feigned remorse and legal maneuvering turn family loyalty into a weapon, threatening the chevalier's peace and Bernard's freedom. He embodies the novel's darkest theme: that cruelty can wear the mask of sanctity, and that the past is never truly buried.

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Aftermath
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Edmée de Mauprat
family · negative
John Mauprat is Edmée's cousin, a violent member of the rough Mauprat branch whom she… How this plays out →
Abbé Aubert
rivalry · negative
Edmée de Mauprat
family · negative
John Mauprat is Edmée's cousin, a violent member of the rough Mauprat branch whom she… How this plays out →
Abbé Aubert
rivalry · negative
Abbé Aubert
rivalry · negative
Edmée de Mauprat
family · negative
John Mauprat is Edmée's cousin, a violent member of the rough Mauprat branch whom she… How this plays out →

Edmée de Mauprat
John Mauprat is Edmée's cousin, a violent member of the rough Mauprat branch whom she fears and opposes.
Abbé Aubert
Abbé Aubert is a moral adversary of John Mauprat, opposing his brutish behavior and influence.
Edmée de Mauprat
John Mauprat is Edmée's cousin, a violent member of the rough Mauprat branch whom she fears and opposes.
Abbé Aubert
Abbé Aubert is a moral adversary of John Mauprat, opposing his brutish behavior and influence.
Abbé Aubert
Abbé Aubert is a moral adversary of John Mauprat, opposing his brutish behavior and influence.
Edmée de Mauprat
John Mauprat is Edmée's cousin, a violent member of the rough Mauprat branch whom she fears and opposes.

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Mauprat
The patriarch of the Mauprat family, known for his tyrannical and violent rule over Roche-Mauprat.
Prologue
Referred to as 'old Mauprat' in the context of the narrator's childhood fears and the dark legends of the family.
I
Bernard's uncle; skilled with a culverin and part of the elder branch's gang.
II
Bernard's uncle and primary tormentor; a maimed, cruel man who becomes Bernard's jailor and tutor, subjecting him to cold, hunger, insults, and blows for nearly ten years.
VI
Proposes the shift to thievery and schemes against Bernard.
Chapter XX
Disguised as a Trappist monk, visits the château and frightens Edmée and the chevalier with feigned penitence.
XXV
Present in court, shows fiendish mirth at the abbé's discomfort.
Chapter XXVIII
Arrested and betrays his brother Antony, leading to a search at Roche-Mauprat.

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