# René d'Esparvieu — The Revolt of the Angels character guide

> René d'Esparvieu in The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** René, Monsieur René d'Esparvieu, Monsieur René

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Maurice's father, a respected magistrate.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/i)

The third son of Fulgence-Adolphe, a devout Catholic and liberal republican who hosts church leaders during the Separation debates.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/ii)

Guardian of the library, who bought out his sisters' shares and continued adding to it, though with diminishing enthusiasm.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/iii)

Dismisses Sariette's concerns with a patronizing attitude, suggesting the books were left as they were.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/iv)

Monsieur René dismisses Sariette's alarming reports, suggesting the books are merely mislaid, and murmurs that Sariette is in a bad way.

### [Wherein Père Sariette discovers his missing treasures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/vi)

Alarmed by the theft, he interrogates Sariette and expresses fear that the Gassendi correspondence might be sold to Germany.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/vii)

The master of the house, who refuses to make a scandal and agrees to install new locks and hire a detective.

### [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxviii)

Maurice's father, who delivers a stern lecture and ultimately orders Maurice out of the house.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Fetches Maurice from prison; attempts to reason with the mad Sariette.

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