# Georges Jeannin — Jean-Christophe character guide

> Georges Jeannin in Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Georges, Georges Jeannin, young Jeannin

**First appearance:** 0037-part-x-the-new-dawn

## Snapshot

Olivier's son, a charming and undisciplined young man who drifts toward trouble while his mother lacks the will to restrain him.

## Who they are

Georges Jeannin grows up adored but ungoverned by Jacqueline, who loves his voice and gestures yet feels a strangerhood to his mind as he becomes a man. He is sensible of his mother's charm but turns from her, and his caprices go unchecked while Colette warns Christophe that the boy is making a fool of himself. He matters because he carries the Jeannin inheritance into the next generation and draws Christophe back to Paris as a reluctant guardian of Olivier's legacy.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jean_christophe_se/chapters/iii)

Young Jeannin is expansive, pleasure-seeking, and morally light-minded. He confides in Christophe about his adventures, causing occasional angry scenes between them.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jean_christophe_se/chapters/iv)

Christophe's adopted son; his carefree nature is appreciated by Christophe as a needed contrast.

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