Fantômas · Character
Fantômas
A living person who is impossible to catch or identify, he wears the faces of the famous and the obscure alike, and his shadow falls across the most inexplicable crimes.
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Also known as Fantômas
First appearance: i the genius of crime
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In VII: The Criminal Investigation Department: Mentioned by Juve as the possible mastermind behind the murder. Later, in Princess Sonia’s Bath: The mysterious intruder who appears in Princess Sonia's bathroom, disarms…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Central Trio
- Investigators and Officials
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This scene is the dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of Lady Beltham’s d…
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Fantômas appears across 6 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- VII: The Criminal Investigation Department
- Princess Sonia’s Bath
- XV: The Mad Woman’s Plot
- XIX: Jérôme Fandor
- Verdict and Sentence
- XXXII: On the Scaffold
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See Fantômas in i the genius of crime