The Financier · Character

Father Michel

A priest who appears briefly.

minor

Also known as Father

First appearance: xlix

Father Michel's tie to Aileen Butler is one of the pressures that moves The Financier—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Aileen Butler (family): Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood. With Lillian Cowperwood (social): Father Michel interacts with Lillian, Cowperwood's first wife, as part of their overlapping social and political circles. With Aileen Butler (family): Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood.

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Other

Character groups

Cowperwood's inner circle
Extended cast and background figures
Minor family and clerks

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Aileen Butler
family · ambivalent
Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed… How this plays out →
Lillian Cowperwood
social · ambivalent
Aileen Butler
family · ambivalent
Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed… How this plays out →
Aileen Butler
family · ambivalent
Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed… How this plays out →
Lillian Cowperwood
social · ambivalent
Lillian Cowperwood
social · ambivalent

Aileen Butler
Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood.
Lillian Cowperwood
Father Michel interacts with Lillian, Cowperwood's first wife, as part of their overlapping social and political circles.
Aileen Butler
Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood.
Aileen Butler
Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood.
Lillian Cowperwood
Father Michel interacts with Lillian, Cowperwood's first wife, as part of their overlapping social and political circles.
Lillian Cowperwood
Father Michel interacts with Lillian, Cowperwood's first wife, as part of their overlapping social and political circles.

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