# Augereau — The Crowd character guide

> Augereau in The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0002-the-crowd

## Snapshot

A Napoleonic general invoked to show how the same men who seemed savage under one sky become docile servants under another.

## Who they are

Augereau belongs to Le Bon's gallery of figures whose characters shift with circumstance, evidence that even the fiercest revolutionaries resume quiet, law-abiding lives once the storm passes. He stands beside the notaries and magistrates of the Convention who became Napoleon's most obedient instruments, illustrating the book's claim that environment, not fixed nature, creates apparent uniformity of character. His brief appearance supports the argument that crowds unlock latent selves no one would predict in isolation.

## Relationships

### [Barras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crowd_se/characters/barras)

_professional_

Augereau and Barras are political and military colleagues during the revolutionary period.

### [Napoleon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crowd_se/characters/napoleon)

_rivalry_

Augereau and Napoleon are military rivals with conflicting ambitions and egos.

## In the story

### [Prestige](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crowd_se/chapters/3-prestige)

A rough general who, despite initial hostility, was instantly awed and subdued by Napoleon's personal prestige.

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