# Colonel Victor d'Aiglemont — A Woman of Thirty character guide

> Colonel Victor d'Aiglemont in A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Victor, Colonel d'Aiglemont, Victor d'Aiglemont, the General, General, D'Aiglemont

**First appearance:** 0001-a-woman-of-thirty

## Who they are

A dashing officer who wins Julie in a whirlwind courtship, then leaves her to the long silence of a marriage he never learned to inhabit.

## In the story

### [A Woman of Thirty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/a-woman-of-thirty)

Mentioned in context of marriage and duty.

### [I: Early Mistakes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/i-early-mistakes)

Shown as a mediocre man who relies on Julie's guidance, yet poses as a victim. He leaves for a hunting trip, indifferent to her feelings.

### [II: A Hidden Grief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/ii-a-hidden-grief)

Julie's husband, indirectly referenced as the origin of her tragedy and the reason she cannot speak of her grief.

### [At Thirty Years](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/iii-at-thirty-years)

Julie's husband, mentioned as the source of a disproportionate marriage; his incompatibility with Julie is noted as the root of her unhappiness.

### [Two Meetings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/v-two-meetings)

The General is shown in a domestic scene, playing with his younger children and telling a story about Fox to his son Gustave.

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