# Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper — Character guide

> Key figures in Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper by Francisco de Quevedo.

- [Pablo de Segovia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/pablo_de_segovia.md): Born to humble parents and shuffled between starving schools and cruel masters, Pablo learns early that survival belongs to the quick-witted. His charm and shameless adaptability carry him into the service of the wealthy
- [Francisco de Quevedo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/francisco_de_quevedo.md): A prodigy of the Golden Age — poet, theologian, pamphleteer, and scourge of folly — Quevedo meets the reformed sharper Pablo on the road and becomes his listener and scribe. Disappointed ambition and a Swift-like taste f
- [Don Diego Coronel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/don_diego_coronel.md): Don Diego is the well-born companion whose purse and patronage give Pablo a taste of gentility he can never quite keep. Their schoolboy intimacy breeds a rivalry that sharpens as Pablo's cleverness outpaces his master's 
- [Toribio Rodriguez Vallejo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/toribio_rodriguez_vallejo.md): Proud of a lineage longer than his ledger, Don Toribio survives Madrid's underworld by borrowing, bluffing, and never admitting hunger. He adopts Pablo as a fellow gentleman of misfortune, and together they navigate the 
- [Master Cabra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/cabra.md): Gaunt, miserly, and grimly devout, Cabra presides over a school that is less an academy than a slow starvation dressed as education. He rations food, affection, and dignity with the same stingy hand, and his pupils learn
- [Don Cosme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/don_cosme.md): A minor nobleman and acquaintance of Pablo in his later adventures.
- [Clement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/clement.md): A servant or companion who appears in Pablo's circle.
- [Alonso Ramplón](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/alonso_ramplon.md): A poor student and friend of Pablo during his school days.
- [Don Ramiro de Guzman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/don_ramiro_de_guzman.md): A gentleman who hires Pablo as a servant.
- [Don Alonso Coronel de Zuñiga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/alonso_coronel.md): Don Diego's father, a wealthy nobleman.
- [Anna Moraez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/anna_moraez.md): A woman courted by Pablo during his adventures.
- [Don Lorenzo Yñiguez del Pedroso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/don_lorenzo_yniguez.md): A nobleman who interacts with Pablo.
- [Don Philip Tristan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/don_philip_tristan.md): A character in Pablo's later exploits.
- [Don Pedro Pineda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/don_pedro_pineda.md): A minor nobleman encountered by Pablo.
- [Juan de Madrid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/juan_de_madrid.md): A historical figure referenced as a character in the narrative.
- [Aldonza Saturno de Rebollo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/aldonza_saturno_de_rebollo.md): A woman mentioned in Pablo's romantic entanglements.
- [Merlo Diaz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/merlo_diaz.md): A minor figure in the story.
- [Matorral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/matorral.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or rogue.
- [Marta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/marta.md): A minor female character.
- [Father Juan de Ortega](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pablo_de_segovia_the_spanish_sharper_se/characters/father_juan_de_ortega.md): A priest who appears in the narrative.

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