The Eight Strokes of the Clock · Character
Dalbrèque
A cinema actor turned car thief and suspected murderer, whose trail of stolen vehicles and abducted women pulls Rénine and Hortense into a chase across Normandy.
supporting
Also known as Georges, Georges Dalbrèque
First appearance: i on the top of the tower
As a supporting figure in The Eight Strokes of the Clock, Dalbrèque is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Rose's lover, wanted for killing a jeweler and stealing a car, works as a woodcutter, is wounded and captured, then hidden by Rénine in the car.
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Dalbrèque is wanted for robbing a film company's garage and for a jeweller's murder the year before, and now a woman has vanished from Le Havre in his company. What makes him unsettling is the theatrical logic of his…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Murder and theater suspects
- Protagonist
- De Gorne household staff
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this excerpt, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Hortense and Prince Rénine reveal the stakes…
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