# Mr. Nuth — The Book of Wonder character guide

> Mr. Nuth in The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Nuth

**First appearance:** 0012-how-nuth-would-have-practised-his-art-upon-the-gnoles

## Snapshot

A meticulous master burglar who takes young Tommy Tonker as apprentice, then plans the one job no thief has dared: to burgle the house of the gnoles.

## Who they are

Mr. Nuth runs a quiet, prosperous trade in theft, sending glowing reports of Tommy Tonker's progress to the boy's mother in the country. He despises forgery, keeps his name out of rumour, and lets success only sharpen his ambition. His fatal reach toward the gnoles' house turns a story of apprenticeship into a study of pride, since the man who teaches silence and stealth cannot hear the warning in the wind.

## In the story

### [The Book of Wonder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-book-of-wonder)

Approaches the Gnoles in one of the adventures.

### [How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/how-nuth-would-have-practised-his-art-upon-the-gnoles)

The consummate burglar who takes on Tonker as an apprentice and plans the burglary of the gnoles.

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