The Celibates · Character

Pierrette Lorrain

A gentle Breton orphan sent to live with miserly relatives in Provins, where her innocence becomes the target of cold, systematic cruelty.

major

Also known as Pierrette, Lorrain, old Lorrain, pretty little Pierrette, little Pierrette Lorrain

First appearance: Story I: Pierrette

As a major figure in The Celibates, Pierrette Lorrain is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The titular character, a young girl whose story is about to unfold.

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Pierrette arrives in Provins as a trusting girl of nearly fourteen, still dreaming of the hamlet of Pen-Hoël and the boy Jacques Brigaut who once rowed her across a pond. Her aunt Sylvie and uncle Rogron resent every franc spent on her, and their petty tyranny slowly grinds her down. Her helplessness exposes the moral rot hidden beneath provincial respectability, and her fate becomes the moral center of the novel's darkest thread.

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Character Web

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Character groups

Issoudun power schemers
Provins and Paris social network
Victims of domestic conspiracy

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Relationships

Sylvie Rogron
psychological · negative
Sylvie Rogron is the cruel and domineering guardian who psychologically and physically… How this plays out →
Jacques Brigaut
friendship · positive
Madame Rogron
family · negative
Monsieur Hochon
friendship · positive
Sylvie Rogron
psychological · negative
Sylvie Rogron is the cruel and domineering guardian who psychologically and physically… How this plays out →
Sylvie Rogron
psychological · negative
Sylvie Rogron is the cruel and domineering guardian who psychologically and physically… How this plays out →
Jacques Brigaut
friendship · positive
Monsieur Hochon
friendship · positive
Madame Rogron
family · negative
Madame Rogron
family · negative
Jacques Brigaut
friendship · positive
Monsieur Hochon
friendship · positive

Sylvie Rogron
Sylvie Rogron is the cruel and domineering guardian who psychologically and physically abuses Pierrette, treating her as a servant and object of torment.
Jacques Brigaut
Jacques is Pierrette's loyal childhood friend and protector, who tries to save her from the Rogrons' abuse but ultimately fails.
Madame Rogron
Madame Rogron is Pierrette's aunt and guardian, but she is cold, indifferent, and complicit in the abuse Pierrette suffers at the hands of Sylvie.
Monsieur Hochon
Monsieur Hochon feels pity for Pierrette and tries to help her discreetly, acting as a kind but ineffective ally.
Sylvie Rogron
Sylvie Rogron is the cruel and domineering guardian who psychologically and physically abuses Pierrette, treating her as a servant and object of torment.
Sylvie Rogron
Sylvie Rogron is the cruel and domineering guardian who psychologically and physically abuses Pierrette, treating her as a servant and object of torment.
Jacques Brigaut
Jacques is Pierrette's loyal childhood friend and protector, who tries to save her from the Rogrons' abuse but ultimately fails.
Monsieur Hochon
Monsieur Hochon feels pity for Pierrette and tries to help her discreetly, acting as a kind but ineffective ally.
Madame Rogron
Madame Rogron is Pierrette's aunt and guardian, but she is cold, indifferent, and complicit in the abuse Pierrette suffers at the hands of Sylvie.
Madame Rogron
Madame Rogron is Pierrette's aunt and guardian, but she is cold, indifferent, and complicit in the abuse Pierrette suffers at the hands of Sylvie.
Jacques Brigaut
Jacques is Pierrette's loyal childhood friend and protector, who tries to save her from the Rogrons' abuse but ultimately fails.
Monsieur Hochon
Monsieur Hochon feels pity for Pierrette and tries to help her discreetly, acting as a kind but ineffective ally.

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