The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane · Character

Jean Caillaud

A French émigré in London whose fierce republican convictions and consuming love for his outspoken daughter Pauline make him quietly formidable in any political argument.

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Also known as Jean, Caillaud

First appearance: V: The Horizon Widens

As a supporting figure in The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane, Jean Caillaud is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

French shoemaker and revolutionary, member of the Friends of the People, living with his daughter Pauline in Kent's Court.

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Jean Caillaud moves through the radical circles of Tanner's Lane as a Frenchman who has seen revolution up close and cannot forget it. His love for Pauline is a hungry, self-effacing fire — he falls silent when she speaks, content to let her brilliance carry the room. That very devotion, set against his unyielding hatred of kings and his grief over Napoleon's exile, makes him a still center of political and emotional tension in the novel's early chapters.

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Relationships

Pauline
family · positive
Jean Caillaud is Pauline's father, and their relationship is protective and affectionate. How this plays out →
Zachariah Coleman
friendship · positive
Zachariah Coleman
friendship · positive
Pauline
family · positive
Jean Caillaud is Pauline's father, and their relationship is protective and affectionate. How this plays out →
Zachariah Coleman
friendship · positive

Pauline
Jean Caillaud is Pauline's father, and their relationship is protective and affectionate.
Zachariah Coleman
Jean Caillaud and Zachariah Coleman are close friends and fellow revolutionaries, united by ideology.
Zachariah Coleman
Jean Caillaud and Zachariah Coleman are close friends and fellow revolutionaries, united by ideology.
Pauline
Jean Caillaud is Pauline's father, and their relationship is protective and affectionate.
Zachariah Coleman
Jean Caillaud and Zachariah Coleman are close friends and fellow revolutionaries, united by ideology.

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Jean Caillaud appears across 6 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

V: The Horizon Widens
French shoemaker and revolutionary, member of the Friends of the People, living with his daughter Pauline in Kent's Court.
VI: Tea à la Mode
Pauline's father, silent during the religious discussion, content to let Pauline speak.
Disintegration by Degrees
Pauline's father; returns with the Major and Pauline, formal toward Mrs. Zachariah.
XI: Politics and Pauline
Passionately discusses politics and religion, venerates a crucifix, and opposes the Blanketeers' March while supporting the reform cause.
XIII: To the Greeks Foolishness
Draws lots with Zachariah to accompany the march; the lot falls on him.
End of the Beginning
Condemned to hang, bids farewell to Zachariah and Pauline, faces death with calm and curiosity.

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