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Why does Fabrice del Dongo enter the church in The Charterhouse of Parma?
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Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
In The Charterhouse of Parma, Fabrice del Dongo enters the church not out of religious calling, but for worldly advantage. Following his return to Parma, he pursues a career in the clergy under the sponsorship of his aunt, the Duchess de Sanseverina, to advance his social and political standing.12