The Counterfeiters · Character

George Molinier

Olivier's younger brother, George is caught passing counterfeit coins and becomes the unwitting thread that pulls a magistrate into the Molinier family's private grief.

supporting

Also known as George, young George, Molinier, the procureur Molinier

First appearance: XI: Edouard’s Journal: George Molinier

As a supporting figure in The Counterfeiters, George Molinier is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Olivier's younger brother, pretending to sleep while listening to the conversation.

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George circulates false coins among schoolboys, half innocent tool, half willing delinquent, and the authorities decide to frighten him before he drags the case past the point of no return. His trouble forces Monsieur Profitendieu to Edouard's door, where the magistrate's professional warnings dissolve into sobs about his own runaway son. George matters less for what he did than for the scandal he opens — a boy's petty crime that exposes the rot running under the respectable family.

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Family
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Social
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Vedel Pension Circle
Passavant's Criminal Network
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Olivier Molinier
family · ambivalent
George is Olivier's younger brother, and they share a typical sibling bond with some… How this plays out →
Phiphi
friendship · ambivalent
Bernard Profitendieu
social · ambivalent
Olivier Molinier
family · ambivalent
George is Olivier's younger brother, and they share a typical sibling bond with some… How this plays out →
Bernard Profitendieu
social · ambivalent
Olivier Molinier
family · ambivalent
George is Olivier's younger brother, and they share a typical sibling bond with some… How this plays out →
Bernard Profitendieu
social · ambivalent
Phiphi
friendship · ambivalent
Phiphi
friendship · ambivalent

Olivier Molinier
George is Olivier's younger brother, and they share a typical sibling bond with some rivalry.
Phiphi
George and Phiphi are schoolmates and partners in petty mischief and bullying.
Bernard Profitendieu
Bernard knows George as Olivier's younger brother and occasionally interacts with him, but they are not close.
Olivier Molinier
George is Olivier's younger brother, and they share a typical sibling bond with some rivalry.
Bernard Profitendieu
Bernard knows George as Olivier's younger brother and occasionally interacts with him, but they are not close.
Olivier Molinier
George is Olivier's younger brother, and they share a typical sibling bond with some rivalry.
Bernard Profitendieu
Bernard knows George as Olivier's younger brother and occasionally interacts with him, but they are not close.
Phiphi
George and Phiphi are schoolmates and partners in petty mischief and bullying.
Phiphi
George and Phiphi are schoolmates and partners in petty mischief and bullying.

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In the story

George Molinier appears across 11 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

III: Bernard and Olivier
Olivier's younger brother, pretending to sleep while listening to the conversation.
VI: Bernard Awakens
Mentioned as tossing in his dreams in the iron bedstead of the little room.
XI: Edouard’s Journal: George Molinier
The young schoolboy caught attempting to steal a guidebook; Edouard observes his behavior and buys him the book.
The First Day of the Term
George is a cynical and audacious boy who discusses the police raid with Phiphi and boasts about his narrow escape.
VI: Edouard's Journal: Madame Molinier
The youngest son; Pauline suspects him of stealing a hundred-franc note and possibly Oscar's letters, but she hesitates to confront him.
Olivier and Edouard
Arrives at Edouard's, learns of Olivier's condition, and accompanies Bernard and Lucien to Dhurmer's.
XI: Edouard's Journal: Pauline
Pauline's other son; mentioned as a source of anxiety for Pauline due to his reckless behavior.
XIII: Edouard’s Journal: Douviers’ Profitendieu
Mentioned by Profitendieu as being mixed up in a scandal and involved in circulating counterfeit coins.
XVI: Edouard Warns George
Reads Edouard's novel passage, is flattered, then warned directly about the false coins; he informs his friends.
XVIII: "The Strong Men"
Pretends friendship to draw Boris into the brotherhood, participates in the cruel scheme.
XIX: Boris
George participates in the cruel game, hides the pistol after the suicide, and later feels horror and confesses to his mother.

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