# Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes — Character guide

> Key figures in Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc.

- [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/arsene_lupin.md): Lupin moves through Paris as a dozen different men, leaving mocking messages and sandwich-board challenges where a detective expects clues. What makes him irresistible is not the theft but the vanity of it: he wants Shol
- [Herlock Sholmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/herlock_sholmes.md): Sholmes arrives in Paris expecting a vacation duel and instead finds his every move anticipated, his name on posters, his pride pricked like a needle. He is brilliant, vain, and honest enough to admit the fascination Lup
- [Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/wilson.md): Wilson follows Sholmes through Paris with the valises and the best intentions, dozing through deductions and lunging at the wrong moment. His broken arm becomes the accidental clue that cracks a case open, though he suff
- [Ganimard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/ganimard.md): Ganimard works the d'Hautrec murder scene with methodical questions, dismantling alibis while his colleagues chase theories. He lacks the flash of a Dupin, but his independence and intuition earn him a seat at the magist
- [Clotilde Destange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/clotilde_destange.md): Clotilde moves through the case as a name on a jeweler's lips and a figure behind a heavy veil, resetting stones that were never hers to reset. Her link to Lupin is the kind of secret the book doles out slowly, one garne
- [Monsieur Gerbois](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/gerbois.md): Gerbois is the civilian at the edge of the game, a man whose luck — a ticket, a number, a small fortune — makes him suddenly interesting to people far more dangerous than himself. His ordinary life is the stake Lupin and
- [Alice Demun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/alice_demun.md): Alice Demun moves through the affair as a modest, unremarkable presence — until Herlock Sholmes notices her slipping out to a pharmacy, pausing to speak with a beggar, and carrying packages that might be messages rather 
- [Suzanne Gerbois](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/suzanne_gerbois.md): Daughter of Monsieur Gerbois, involved in the lottery affair.
- [Bresson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/bresson.md): Suspicious figure connected to the blue diamond theft.
- [Monsieur Detinan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/detinan.md): Friend of Lupin who hosts a dinner party for the detective.
- [Madame de Crozon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/madame_de_crozon.md): Aristocratic woman whose blue diamond is stolen.
- [Herschmann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/herschmann.md): Banker involved in the Jewish lamp affair.
- [Folenfant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/folenfant.md): Police brigadier assisting Ganimard.
- [Charles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/charles.md): Servant or associate in Lupin's circle.
- [Antoinette Bréhat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/antoinette_brehat.md): Woman involved in Lupin's abduction plot.
- [Monsieur d'Imblevalle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/d_imblevalle.md): Aristocrat whose home is targeted by Lupin.
- [Lady Strongborough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/characters/lady_strongborough.md): Minor character mentioned in the story.

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