Along with a friend who is in love with a woman named Esther, this character hatches a plan to take advantage of the fact that a wealthy baron is also in love with Esther to wring money out of him.
Along with a friend who is in love with a woman named Esther, this character hatches a plan to take advantage of the fact that a wealthy baron is also in love with Esther to wring money out of him. This character stops Lucien de Rebumpré from committing suicide and takes him under his wing while disguised as a Jesuit priest named Carlos Herrera. He appears at the very end of Lost (*) Illusions, and in another appearance he tries to convince Rastignac to marry Victorine and have her brother killed in a duel. This character, whose real name is Jacques Collin, is based on the real-life criminal-turned-policeman Vidocq. For 10 points, name this criminal who appears in Father Goriot and several other parts of Balzac's Human Comedy.
Along with a friend who is in love with a woman named Esther, this character hatches a plan to take advantage of the fact that a wealthy baron is also in love with Esther to wring money out of him.
Vautrin [until it is read, accept: Jacques Collin, Abbé Carlos Herrera]