# Lucien Lévy-Coeur — Jean-Christophe character guide

> Lucien Lévy-Coeur in Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lucien Lévy - Coeur, Lévy - Coeur, Lucien, Coeur

**First appearance:** 0021-i

## Who they are

A Jewish intellectual and critic in Paris.

## In the story

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

Lucien is Christophe's polite and cunning adversary, who uses gentle irony to undermine Christophe and isolate him from social circles.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jean_christophe_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as a caricature of the modern French mind, whom Christophe had previously mistaken as typical of France.

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