# Victor Hugo — Against the Grain character guide

> Victor Hugo in Against the Grain by J.-K. Huysmans.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hugo

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

Poet and novelist whose romanticism is critiqued by Des Esseintes.

## In the story

### [The Perfume Experiment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/against_the_grain_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned as an influence on perfumery's Romantic turn toward Oriental essences.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/against_the_grain_se/chapters/xiv)

Des Esseintes finds Hugo's Oriental and patriarchal side too conventional and empty.

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