# Vicomte de Steenvoorde — On a Chinese Screen character guide

> Vicomte de Steenvoorde in On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Vicomte, M. de Steenvoorde

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-my-lady-s-parlour

## Who they are

A French aristocrat traveling or residing in China.

## In the story

### [XIX: The Point of Honour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_chinese_screen_se/chapters/xix-the-point-of-honour)

Portrayed as a dignified, influential Frenchman in China, obsessed with personal honour, who profits from his wife's affairs.

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