# Stéphane Mallarmé — Against the Grain character guide

> Stéphane Mallarmé in Against the Grain by J.-K. Huysmans.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mallarmé

**First appearance:** 0012-x

## Who they are

Poet whose hermetic style is admired by Des Esseintes for its obscurity.

## In the story

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/against_the_grain_se/chapters/xvi)

Mentioned as one of the few artists whose refined sensibility Des Esseintes values, lamenting that no one else can appreciate such work.

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