Fantômas · Character
Valgrand
A celebrated actor who flirts with baronnes, collects perfumed letters, and treats exhaustion as a joke — until the dressing-room door locks.
supporting
Also known as M. Valgrand, the admirable Valgrand
First appearance: i the genius of crime
As a supporting figure in Fantômas, Valgrand is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The actor present in the audience, enthusiastically commenting on Gurn as 'The Assassin' type.
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Valgrand holds court in his dressing-room after a performance, promising locks of his beard to the Baronne de Vibray and Simone Holbord, sighing about Love, and teasing his dresser Charlot about the violet-inked letters…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Friendship
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Nobility and Victims
- Protagonist
- 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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- Lady Beltham
social · ambivalent
Lady Beltham and Valgrand are frequent social acquaintances, likely moving in the same… How this plays out →
- Charlot
friendship · positive
- M. Gurn
rivalry · negative
- M. Gurn
rivalry · negative
- Lady Beltham
social · ambivalent
Lady Beltham and Valgrand are frequent social acquaintances, likely moving in the same… How this plays out →
- Charlot
friendship · positive
- Charlot
friendship · positive
- Lady Beltham
social · ambivalent
Lady Beltham and Valgrand are frequent social acquaintances, likely moving in the same… How this plays out →
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