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In Search of Lost Time · Character

M. de Vaugoubert

A diplomat and closeted homosexual, an acquaintance of Charlus.

minor

Also known as Vaugoubert, de Vaugoubert

First appearance: volume iv cities of the plain

See M. de Vaugoubert in volume iv cities of the plainBook page

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See M. de Vaugoubert in volume iv cities of the plain