# The Confessions of Arsène Lupin — Character guide

> Key figures in The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc.

- [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/arsene_lupin.md): Lupin moves through Paris as a phantom son-in-law, mailing flowers, planting newspaper notices, and letting the Duc de Sarzeau-Vendôme exhaust himself with rage. He claims he will sign the marriage settlement blind, with
- [Chief Inspector Ganimard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/ganimard.md): Ganimard belongs to the police who are publicly humiliated whenever Lupin strikes, and his name becomes shorthand for honorable futility. In the Dugrival affair, a pickpocket impersonates him in broad daylight, robbing a
- [Yvonne d'Origny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/yvonne_dorigny.md): Yvonne is the prize in a war of nerves she did not choose, her wedding announcements printed before any wedding exists. She answers her father gently, urging him to forget 'this silly business,' but the business is her w
- [Angélique de Sarzeau-Vendôme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/angelique_de_sarzeau_vendome.md): Angélique grew up reading old romances in the ancestral presses, imagining life as a fairytale where the right bridegroom eventually arrives. When Lupin's invitations and newspaper stunts scandalize her father, she smile
- [Gabriel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/gabriel.md): Gabriel stands beside his widowed aunt at the moment she raises her hand and vows to avenge her husband's death, hatred already written on his face. He whispers his own oath to pursue the murderer, and the newspapers mak
- [Farmer Goussot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/farmer_goussot.md): A farmer and his family caught up in Lupin's schemes.
- [Jeanne Darcieux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/jeanne_darcieux.md): Jeanne belongs to the world of Lupin's smaller, crueler puzzles, where a scarf can be a clue, a threat, or a gift depending on who is holding it. She is young, watched, and vulnerable in a way that makes the reader want 
- [Maître Valandier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/maitre_valandier.md): A notary or legal figure involved in Lupin's affairs.
- [Colonel Sparmiento](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/colonel_sparmiento.md): A military man with a role in the shadow sign storyline.
- [Charles d'Ernemont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/charles_ernemont.md): A member of the d'Ernemont family, connected to Lupin's marriage.
- [M. Prévailles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/m_prevailles.md): A character involved in the wedding ring mystery.
- [Nicolas Dugrival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/nicolas_dugrival.md): A member of the Dugrival family, involved in the infernal trap.
- [M. Dudouis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/m_dudouis.md): A police official working with Ganimard.
- [Duc de Sarzeau-Vendôme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/duc_de_sarzeau_vendome.md): The duke of the Sarzeau-Vendôme family, connected to Lupin's lineage.
- [Louise d'Ernemont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/louise_ernemont.md): A member of the d'Ernemont family, involved in Lupin's marriage.
- [Edith Swan-Neck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/edith_swan_neck.md): Edith de Sarzeau-Vendôme is the wealthy heiress whose hand, fortune, and Bourbon-Condé lineage become the prize in Arsène Lupin's most audacious campaign. Courted by cousins she suspects of chasing her millions, she retr
- [Jenny Saphir](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/jenny_saphir.md): A woman connected to Lupin's criminal underworld.
- [Baron Repstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/baron_repstein.md): A baron involved in the red silk scarf mystery.
- [Baroness Repstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_confessions_of_ars_ne_lupin_se/characters/baroness_repstein.md): The wife of Baron Repstein, involved in the red silk scarf.

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