# Justus Euler — Jean-Christophe character guide

> Justus Euler in Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Justus Euler, old Justus Euler, Euler, old Euler

**First appearance:** 0013-i-the-house-of-euler

## Who they are

The patriarch of the Euler family in Germany.

## In the story

### [The House of Euler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jean_christophe_se/chapters/i-the-house-of-euler)

Old Euler is a narrow-minded man who clings to the past, repeating the same old ideas and showing no interest in modern art or music. He is described as having died at twenty or thirty, merely aping his former self.

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

Indignant at Christophe's affair with Ada, viewing it as a personal affront and a sign of fate's usual ill luck.

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