# The Village Atheist — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> The Village Atheist in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0228-the-village-atheist

## Who they are

A man who rejects religion and dies in despair.

## In the story

### [The Village Atheist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/the-village-atheist)

The speaker and subject of the chapter, a former atheist who converts on his deathbed.

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