# The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar — Character guide

> Key figures in The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc.

- [Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/arsene_lupin.md): Lupin moves through Paris as an apprentice thief with a master's appetite, staging a rescue so he can breakfast inside the Imbert mansion and study its millions at close range. He works for six months on a single househo
- [Ganimard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/ganimard.md): Ganimard receives Baron Cahorn's panic with the calm of a man who has heard it before, insisting no thief warns his victim and no prisoner escapes the Santé. He refuses the case, then names a price, then warns the baron 
- [Miss Nelly Underdown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/nelly_underdown.md): Nelly commands the deck-chair circle with beauty, money, and a French education that makes her a natural center of attention, pursued by d'Andrézy and quietly drawn to the taciturn Rozaine. When she asks who among the pa
- [Jean Daspry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/jean_daspry.md): Daspry circulates among Devanne's circle with the comfort of long acquaintance, close enough to know the collection, the routines, and the weaknesses of the house. That closeness is precisely what makes him dangerous in 
- [Devanne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/devanne.md): Devanne belongs to the comfortable class of provincial connoisseurs whose homes are museums and whose generosity is assumed. He surrounds himself with friends, servants, and treasures, never quite believing that any of t
- [Herlock Sholmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/herlock_sholmes.md): Sholmes arrives as the answer to every Frenchman's prayer: a foreign genius whose deductions are supposed to end Lupin's career. Where Ganimard blusters and doubts, Sholmes observes, measures, and waits, treating the cas
- [Madame Andermatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/madame_andermatt.md): She moves through her husband's opulent world as its elegant, watchful mistress, the kind of woman whose composure makes a stranger's shabby frock-coat feel like an accusation. Lupin studies her for six months before eve
- [Georges Andermatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/georges_andermatt.md): Rescued from a staged assault on the avenue de la Grande-Armée, he offers his savior gratitude, his card, and access to his home — never suspecting the attack was choreographed for exactly that purpose. His millions, whe
- [Victor Danègre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/victor_danegre.md): Criminal involved in the theft of the queen's necklace.
- [Étienne Varin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/etienne_varin.md): One of the Varin brothers, accomplices in Lupin's plots.
- [Henriette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/henriette.md): Young woman connected to the Imbert family and Lupin's schemes.
- [Baudru](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/baudru.md): Alias used by Lupin in one of his disguises.
- [Louis Lacombe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/louis_lacombe.md): Engineer who becomes involved in Lupin's affairs.
- [Georges Devanne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/georges_devanne.md): Nephew of Devanne and a suspect in the thefts.
- [Dudouis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/dudouis.md): Chief detective who coordinates efforts to capture Lupin.
- [Madame Gervaise Imbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/madame_imbert.md): Woman whose safe is targeted by Lupin.
- [Ludovic Imbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/ludovic_imbert.md): Husband of Madame Imbert, involved in the safe affair.
- [Rozaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/rozaine.md): Passenger on the transatlantic liner who is a suspect.
- [Horace Velmont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/velmont.md): Alias used by Lupin in the Devanne affair.
- [Alfred Varin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/alfred_varin.md): Brother of Étienne Varin and accomplice in crimes.
- [Valorbe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/valorbe.md): Character involved in the events at the Château de Maupertuis.
- [Baron Nathan Cahorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/baron_cahorn.md): Wealthy baron whose castle is targeted by Lupin.
- [Inspector Dieuzy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/inspector_dieuzy.md): Police inspector who assists Ganimard.
- [Lady Jerland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/lady_jerland.md): Passenger on the transatlantic liner.
- [Madame Renaud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/madame_renaud.md): Woman involved in the black pearl story.
- [Guillaume Berlat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/berlat.md): Friend of Devanne who is a suspect in the thefts.
- [Honoré Massol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/honore_massol.md): Lawyer involved in the Imbert safe affair.
- [Gaston Delivet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/gaston_delivet.md): Friend of Devanne who reports the theft.
- [Countess de Dreux-Soubise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/countess_de_dreux.md): Noblewoman whose necklace is stolen.
- [Leontine Zalti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_extraordinary_adventures_of_ars_ne_lupin_gen_se/characters/leontine_zalti.md): Woman famous for her diamonds and pearls.

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