# Old Sorel — The Red and the Black character guide

> Old Sorel in The Red and the Black by Stendhal.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** SOREL, old Sorel, Sorel, father Sorel, Father Sorel

**First appearance:** 0004-chapter-iv-a-father-and-a-son

## Who they are

Julien's cunning and greedy father, a carpenter in Verrières.

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