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Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero

A nobleman who becomes a patron of Gil Blas.

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Also known as Don Bertrand, Señor Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero

First appearance: viii

Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero shows up with force in Gil Blas meets with the poet Núñez by accident, and learns that he has written a tragedy, which is on the point of being brought out at the theatre royal—The ill fortune of the piece, and the good fortune of its author.. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Treasurer of the king's galleys, patron of Núñez, who claims authorship of the tragedy and rewards Núñez with an annuity despite the play's failure.
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Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero first appears in 0102 viii.

In Gil Blas meets with the poet Núñez by accident, and learns that he has written a tragedy, which is on the point of being brought out at the theatre royal—The ill fortune of the piece, and the good fortune of its author.: Treasurer of the king's galleys, patron of Núñez, who claims authorship of the tragedy and rewards Núñez with an annuity despite the play's failure.

Later, in XIV: Mentioned as Núñez's former treasurer and patron; Núñez now lives apart from him with his consent.

See Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero in Gil Blas meets with the poet Núñez by accident, and learns that he has written a tragedy, which is on the point of being brought out at the theatre royal—The ill fortune of the piece, and the good fortune of its author.Book page

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See Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero in viii
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