Le crime du comte Neville
Le crime du comte NevilleAmélie Nothomb
Characters in Le crime du comte Neville
4 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Henri de Neville
A Belgian count who has resolved to commit a murder at his own New Year's Eve celebration, reasoning from a Wildean logic of destiny rather than from malice.
Supporting characters
Sérieuse
A character at the gathering whose function counterpoints the count's elaborate philosophical self-justification.
Oreste
The count's son, named after the Greek figure whose fate was determined by his family's history — a name the novel wears consciously.
Électre
The count's daughter, named alongside her brother for the Oresteia — both children carry their mythological names as a form of inheritance.