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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