# Viscount Cléna — Penguin Island character guide

> Viscount Cléna in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cléna, Count Cléna

**First appearance:** 0044-iv-viscountess-olive

## Who they are

A nobleman involved in political and social affairs.

## Relationships

### [Eveline Clarence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/characters/eveline_clarence)

_romantic_

Eveline and Viscount Cléna are entangled in a scandalous romantic affair that fuels social gossip and personal ruin.

## In the story

### [III: The Cabal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iii-the-cabal)

Proposes extreme violence: slaughtering Republicans and partisans of the government.

### [IV: Viscountess Olive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iv-viscountess-olive)

Referenced as Viscountess Olive's husband, but not directly appearing.

### [V: The Prince des Boscénos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/v-the-prince-des-bosc-nos)

Speaks at the meeting inciting violence, and is caught embracing Princess Anne.

### [VI: The Seven Hundred Pyrotists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/vi-the-seven-hundred-pyrotists)

Co-founder of the anti-Pyrotist association.

### [II: The Charity of St. Orberosia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/ii-the-charity-of-st-orberosia)

A fashionable young man who courts Eveline, but is revealed to be in debt and dependent on an elderly lady.

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