# Durtal — Là-Bas character guide

> Durtal in Là-Bas by J.-K. Huysmans.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** III Durtal, M. Durtal, Monsieur Durtal

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

The protagonist, a writer and aesthete obsessed with Gilles de Rais.

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