The Venetians · Character
Colonel Marchant
A disreputable cardroom fixture and the shameful father of four daughters, the Colonel is the quartz in the gold-digger's seam that every suitor must reckon with.
supporting
Also known as the Colonel, Colonel, The Colonel
First appearance: i in the city by the sea
As a supporting figure in The Venetians, Colonel Marchant is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Eve's father, described as disreputable, with a tarnished reputation from racing and financial troubles.
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Colonel Marchant is a Bohemian gambler whose name is a byword for ruin among parents and guardians of young men of fortune; his son Harold is darker still, a swindler and forger whose shadow falls across his blameless…
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Relationship types
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Central social families
- Venetian local characters
- Minor and background figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Eve’s confrontation with Fiordelisa is the dramatic climax because it forces the two women—rivals in love—into…
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Colonel Marchant is Eve's father or uncle, a military man whose rigid values clash with… How this plays out →
- Eve Marchant
family · negative
Colonel Marchant is Eve's father or uncle, a military man whose rigid values clash with… How this plays out →
- Eve Marchant
family · negative
Colonel Marchant is Eve's father or uncle, a military man whose rigid values clash with… How this plays out →
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