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Count Bragard

A pompous Belgian aristocrat imprisoned on espionage suspicions, forever performing his respectability for an audience of fellow prisoners who see straight through it.

supporting

Also known as Count F. A. de Bragard, de Bragard, the utterly respectable Count Bragard, Count, Bragard

First appearance: IV: Le Nouveau

As a supporting figure in The Enormous Room, Count Bragard is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Refuses the morning promenade and brings up the rear during the rush for food.
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Count Bragard carries himself through La Ferté as though the camp were merely a regrettable inconvenience to a man of his station. His insistence on dignity in a place designed to strip it away creates a tension the…

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Character Web

12 connections

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JUJudasBJBathhouse JohnNANarratorB.B.JOJoveCBCount Bragard

Relationship types

  • Rivalry
  • Other

Character groups

  • Narrator's Close Associates
  • Nicknamed Prisoners
  • Miscellaneous Prisoners and Figures
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

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Relationships

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