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Vallès, Jules, 76 , 85 ;
aesthetic of deflation, 189 -90;
as Communard, 174 -75;
compared to Hugo, 78 ;
compared to Mercier, 76 -77, 79 ;
criticism of Hugo, 182 -83;
criticism of literary culture, 181 -82, 185 -88;
journalism, 179 -81, 187 ;
linguistic innovations, 175 ;
performance of politics, 178 , 183 , 193 ;
as "victim of the book," 185 , 190
Vendôme Column, 195 -99;
demolition of, 195 , 204 , 220 ;
end of romantic Paris, 199
Verlaine, Paul, 118
Veuillot, Louis, 152 , 153
Villette, marquis de, 26
Voltaire, 22 , 25 , 133 , 178 , 223