# Abbé de Sponde — The Jealousies of a Country Town character guide

> Abbé de Sponde in The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Abbé de Sponde, The Abbé de Sponde, the Abbé, The Abbé, the Abbé de Sponde, the good Abbé, de Sponde, the worthy Abbé de Sponde, Abbé, M. de Sponde

**First appearance:** 0000-story-i-the-old-maid

## Snapshot

The town's revered ecclesiastic, whose austere integrity and private fortune make him a quiet power broker in provincial intrigues.

## Who they are

As Mlle. Cormon's pious uncle and spiritual advisor, the Abbé commands the confidence of the entire town, his high integrity and considerable fortune making him a person of importance. Yet beneath his saintly composure runs a decided aversion for the Sieur du Croisier, and though little rancor dwells in his composition, he quietly sets others against the man. His influence over his niece's conscience—and her inheritance—makes him a pivot on which the town's marriage schemes and old feuds turn.

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