The Slaves of Paris · Character
Toto Chupin
A streetwise young man who becomes entangled with the criminals circling the Champdoce fortune.
supporting
Also known as Chupin, Toto
First appearance: part i caught in the net
As a supporting figure in The Slaves of Paris, Toto Chupin is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Mentioned as being outside with chestnuts; Mascarin suggests Beaumarchef take him to follow the woman.
Toto Chupin moves through the shadows of the Champdoce household, where a dead Duke's extravagance has furnished a tomb for his heirs. The young Duchess wanders rooms that feel like a sepulchre, her husband Norbert plunging into club life, gambling, and debauchery, while old Jean watches in grief. Chupin is part of the machinery that keeps this world running — a figure whose loyalties are as shifting as the streets he came from.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Secondary criminal associates
- Minor background figures
- Central criminal network
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Daddy Tantaine
professional · ambivalent
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- Daddy Tantaine
professional · ambivalent
Daddy Tantaine is the mentor and boss of Toto Chupin, a young criminal in their… How this plays out →
- Daddy Tantaine
professional · ambivalent
Daddy Tantaine is the mentor and boss of Toto Chupin, a young criminal in their… How this plays out →
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See Toto Chupin in part i caught in the netIn the story
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See Toto Chupin in part i caught in the net