The Jealousies of a Country Town · Character
Du Croisier
A wealthy forage-contractor turned banker whose twice-refused ambition curdles into a smothered, decades-long hatred of the d'Esgrignons and Chesnel.
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Also known as Du Croisier, du Croisier, Croisier, M. du Croisier, the Sieur du Croisier
First appearance: The Collection of Antiquities
As a supporting figure in The Jealousies of a Country Town, Du Croisier is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A wealthy bourgeois and rival to the aristocracy, nursing a vengeance after his marriage proposals to Mlle.
Du Croisier first appears in 0002 story ii the collection of antiquities.
In The Collection of Antiquities: A wealthy bourgeois and rival to the aristocracy, nursing a vengeance after his marriage proposals to Mlle. d'Esgrignon were refused.
Later, in The Collection of Antiquities: The bourgeois enemy of the d'Esgrignons; his victory is complete when Victurnien marries his niece, Mlle. Duval, and he praises the family's honor.
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