# Father Michel — The Financier character guide

> Father Michel in The Financier by Theodore Dreiser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Father

**First appearance:** 0048-xlix

## Who they are

A priest who appears briefly.

## Relationships

### [Aileen Butler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_financier_se/characters/aileen_butler)

_family_

Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood.

### [Lillian Cowperwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_financier_se/characters/lillian_cowperwood)

_social_

Father Michel interacts with Lillian, Cowperwood's first wife, as part of their overlapping social and political circles.

### [Aileen Butler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_financier_se/characters/aileen_butler)

_family_

Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood.

### [Aileen Butler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_financier_se/characters/aileen_butler)

_family_

Father Michel is Aileen's father, a powerful political figure who is deeply disappointed by her affair with Cowperwood.

### [Lillian Cowperwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_financier_se/characters/lillian_cowperwood)

_social_

Father Michel interacts with Lillian, Cowperwood's first wife, as part of their overlapping social and political circles.

### [Lillian Cowperwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_financier_se/characters/lillian_cowperwood)

_social_

Father Michel interacts with Lillian, Cowperwood's first wife, as part of their overlapping social and political circles.

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