# Fabricio — Gil Blas character guide

> Fabricio in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Señor Don Fabricio, Don Fabricio

**First appearance:** 0005-ii

## Snapshot

A scheming friend whose plans are as brilliant as they are reckless, and whose wit keeps the tavern roaring until the law arrives.

## Who they are

Fabricio is the kind of companion who turns a simple con into a night of laughter and a night of laughter into an arrest. His scheme to recover a ring from a woman of dubious reputation succeeds beyond expectation, but his confidence that wit will excuse fraud proves dangerously naive. He represents the seductive logic of the picaresque world: that cleverness is its own justification, until the alguazil arrives to remind everyone otherwise.

## Relationships

### [Gil Blas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/characters/gil_blas)

_friendship_

Fabricio and Gil Blas are old friends and fellow travelers, sharing a bond of mutual trust and camaraderie.

### [Gil Blas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/characters/gil_blas)

_friendship_

Fabricio and Gil Blas are old friends and fellow travelers, sharing a bond of mutual trust and camaraderie.

### [Gil Blas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/characters/gil_blas)

_friendship_

Fabricio and Gil Blas are old friends and fellow travelers, sharing a bond of mutual trust and camaraderie.

## In the story

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xvii)

Gil Blas's old schoolfellow, now a lackey to a hypocritical governor, who persuades Gil Blas to enter service.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/iv)

Helps Gil Blas by disguising himself as an alguazil and assembling a group to confront Camilla and recover the diamond.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/v)

Devises the plan to recover the ring from Camilla; is arrested alongside Gil Blas and later released through Señor Manuel Ordóñez's influence.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/vi)

Referenced as having shared some of Gil Blas's story with the barber.

### [Book IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-iv)

Gil Blas's acquaintance at court, representing the world of artifice.

### [Book V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-v)

Friend and fellow servant at court, involved in Gil Blas's affairs.

### [Book VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-vi)

Old acquaintance encountered at court, influencing Gil Blas's path.

### [Book VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-vii)

Gil Blas meets Fabricio at court, an old acquaintance.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xiii)

Gil Blas's old friend, now a poet and author living in Madrid; describes his literary career and admiration for Góngora.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xiv)

Arranges Gil Blas's introduction to Count Galiano and vouches for his character.

### [The employment of Gil Blas in Don Galiano's household](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xv)

Poet Núñez who dines with the count and later advises Gil Blas to be more lenient with the clerk of the kitchen.

### [Book VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-viii)

Gil Blas's acquaintance at court, providing insight into courtly intrigue.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xiii)

Confronts Gil Blas about his changed character and coldness; after a quarrel, they part ways.

### [Book IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-ix)

Old friend of Gil Blas, now a court poet; they reunite at court.

### [Book X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-x)

Friend of Gil Blas, encountered at court.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/i)

Former servant of Manuel Ordóñez who left to become a playwright; his story is recounted by Ordóñez as a cautionary tale about abandoning a secure position for the uncertain life of an author.

### [Book XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-xi)

Old acquaintance encountered at court.

### [Book XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/book-xii)

Reappears at court, providing both companionship and a reminder of Gil Blas's past.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as having given a hint that proved true regarding the political situation.

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