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Blas, Gil

Blas, Gil

picaresque victimizer and victim who encounters all the social classes of 18th-century Spain. [Fr. Lit.: Gil Blas; Benét, 395]

Blas, Gil

educated rogue on warpath for self-gain. [Fr. Lit.: Gil Blas]
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