# Beugnot — The Crowd character guide

> Beugnot in The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Whereupon Beugnot

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

## Who they are

French administrator used in an anecdote about crowd behavior.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crowd_se/chapters/endnotes)

Described as tall as a drum-major, he is humiliated by Napoleon but considers the gesture a sign of favour, illustrating the base platitude that prestige can provoke.

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