Gabriel's Inferno (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Gabriel Owen Emerson: a specialist in Dante and the art of seduction. Adopted by the Clarks. Older brother of Julia's best friend, Rachel.
• Miss Julianne Mitchell: aka Julia. A grad student working to get her Masters. Best friend of Gabriel's sister, Rachel.
• Paul V. Norris: A doctoral student who writes his dissertation with Emerson.He develops a liking to Julia and mostly refers to her as "Rabbit".
• Christa Peterson: a classmate of Julia's in Gabriel's class. Wants to have a relationship with Gabriel.
• Tom Mitchell: Julia's father.
• Deb Lundy: Tom's girlfriend. Mother of Julia's former friend and roommate, Natalie.
• Grace Clark: she was like a mother to Julia, she died of cancer. Gabriel's adoptive mother.
• Scott Clark: Gabriel's brother.
• John Talbot: Simon's father, a Senator.
• Anne Sexton: a professor at the University of Toronto. A Domme. Students have nicknamed her 'Professor Pain'
• Jeremy H. Martin: the chair of Italian Studies.
• John Green: Gabriel's lawyer.
• Mrs. Jenkins: administrative assistant.
• Rachel Clark: a good friend of Julia's. Gabriel's sister.
• Simon Talbot: Julia's ex-boyfriend. He was very bad with her. Son of a Senator.
• Katherine Picton: a retired professor specialized in Dante.
• Paulina Grushcheva: a friend of Gabriel's.
• Richard Clark: Grace's husband. Gabriel's adoptive father. Biology professor.
• Brad Curtis: a man Julia meets at the Lobby.
• Aaron Webster: Rachel's fiance.
• Mr. Krangel: Add a description of this character.
• Paolo
• Jennifer Leaming
• Greg Matthews
• Beatrice Portinari
• Charles Williams
• Dante Alighieri
• Antonio
• Christopher
• Martha Stewart
• Cinderella
• Matthew Barber
• Sandro Botticelli
• Francesca
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Maia Paulina Emerson
• Trent Reznor
• John Donne
• Peter Abelard
• Natalie
• Loreena McKennitt
• Sharon
• Hilary
• Ethan
• Mozart
• Maestro Segovia
• Gabriel O. Emerson
• Gollum
• Rodin
• Virgil

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• “Are you sure, Professor? I thought this —” she mimicked his gesture from earlier “ — was not going to work.”

  Julia to Gabriel

• “In addition to being an ass and a pompous prick, he was a knuckle-dragging, potentially mouth-breathing Neanderthal who felt some proprietary ownership over a younger woman he barely knew and who hated him.”

  Gabriel Emerson

• “I have a problem with anger, Miss Mitchell. I have a bad temper. I have trouble controlling it, and when I lose my temper I can be very destructive.”

  Gabriel to Julia

• “You’re only a magnet for mishap, Miss Mitchell, while I am a magnet for sin.”

  Gabriel to Julia

• “What she wanted to do. And that was to remind Dante of how much he had lost when he abandoned her. There was to be no more lacrimosa for Beatrice.”

  Julia Mitchell

• “Angelfucker.”

  Gabriel Emerson

• “I am a selfish and self-absorbed bastard who barely notices the concerns of other human beings.”

  Gabriel to Julia

• “Oh gods of all pretentious pole-in-keister Dante specialists, send him a rash on il pene. Please. Something extra itchy.”

  Julia Mitchell

• “My family is like a Dickensian novel, Julia. No, it’s worse. We’re a twisted mix of Arthur Miller and John Steinbeck, with a bit of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy thrown in." “Is it really that bad?” “Yes, because I have the feeling there are elements of Thomas Hardy lurking below the surface. And you know how much I hate him. Mind-fucking bastard.””

  Rachel and Julia

• “It’s beautiful but sad.” “I’ve always had a terrible weakness for beautiful but sad things.”

  Julia and Gabriel

• “O gods of all graduate-students-trying-really-hard-to-do-a-good-thing-for-an-old-friend, help me pry that Emerson whore off his dick. Please.”

  Julia Mitchell

• “Here comes the seductive smile…in five, four, three, two, one…swoon. (It was a good thing that in her current mood she was swoon-proof.)”

  Julia Mitchell

• “What planet are you from? Hello, my name is Gabriel, and I’m from the planet of bossy-no-self-awareness.”

  Julia to Gabriel

• “This isn’t how I imagined it. Finding you again is so different from what I dreamed. And you aren’t who I thought you were”

  Julia to Gabriel

• “I’m sorry I disappointed you. I wish I was the knight rather than the dragon. But I’m not. Everything is up to you. You can rescue me or banish me with a single word.”

  Gabriel to Julia

• “What are you doing?” “I’m crawling through your window. What does it look like I’m doing?”

  Julia and Gabriel

• “You’re gorgeous, Gabriel. You always were, you know.” “Nature’s cruelty — the fallen angel retains his beauty. But I’m ugly on the inside.”

  Julia and Gabriel

• “Reality is better than fantasy, Gabriel.” “Not if reality is the fantasy.”

  Julia and Gabriel

• “The brown-eyed angel was weeping over the demon. The angel wept because she was grieved at the mere thought of someone hurting him.”

  Gabriel Emerson

• “Every time I do something for you, I’m trying to demonstrate the words I cannot say. Don’t deprive me of this. Please.”

  Gabriel to Julia

• “You want me to leave my clothes here?” “Well, I’d rather you left yourself here, but I’ll settle for your clothes”

  Julia and Gabriel

• “You’re killing me.” “But it will be a sweet, sweet death.”

  Gabriel and Julia

• “A lion in charge of wolves. How convenient.”

  Julia

• “She was everything to him, and by God, he'd say so publicly.”

  Gabriel

• “Agape, eros and chastity, a heady combination that would make even the strongest man fall to his knees, if he was fortunate enough to find one person who manifests all three.”

  Gabriel

• “Museum sex is a peculiar compunction of academics. But it should not be disdained without trying it.”

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• University of Toronto
• The Lobby: a night club in Toronto.
• Selinsgrove: where Tom lives.

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Followed by Gabriel's Rapture.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Sylvain Reynard (Author)

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• Library of Congress: PS3618.E956
• Dewey: 813/.6

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• Books › Romance › Contemporary

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