# Eugène de Rastignac — Shorts from Scenes from Private Life character guide

> Eugène de Rastignac in Shorts from Scenes from Private Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Rastignac, Eugène, Monsieur Eugène

**First appearance:** 0016-gobseck

## Who they are

An ambitious young nobleman navigating Parisian society.

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