The Jealousies of a Country Town · Character
President du Ronceret
A magistrate whose respectable bench conceals a patient, calculating enmity toward the d'Esgrignon family and all their ancient pretensions.
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Also known as President du Ronceret, du Ronceret, The treacherous de Ronceret, de Ronceret, M. du Ronceret, M. le Président, M. le Président du Ronceret, M.
First appearance: story ii the collection of antiquities
As a supporting figure in The Jealousies of a Country Town, President du Ronceret is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
As a local magistrate, du Ronceret wears the robe of impartial justice while nursing private grievances against the aristocracy that has long overshadowed his ambitions. He belongs to that class of provincial notables who resent the old nobility's lingering prestige and quietly work to undermine it. His treachery is of the slow, smothered kind that Balzac identifies as peculiar to country towns—grudges nursed for a score of years, waiting for the right moment to strike.
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- Alençon society and legal players
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