Vautrin

Balzac's first play was _Vautrin_, and Vautrin appears as the name of the most astonishing and most original character which Balzac has created and introduced in the five or six greatest novels of the

Introduction to the Dramas of Balzac Epiphanius Wilson 1917

“Very well, his Excellency is at this moment absolutely certain that the so-called Vautrin, who lodges at the Maison Vauquer, is a convict who escaped from penal servitude at Toulon, where he is known by the nickname Trompe-la-Mort.

Paras. 900–999 1917

“This so-called Vautrin, ” said the detective, “receives the money belonging to my lords the convicts, invests it for them, and holds it at the disposal of those who escape, or hands it over to their families if they leave a will, or to their mistresses when they draw upon him for their benefit.

Paras. 900–999 1917

A concluding book, entitled Vautrin's Last Incarnation, relates the outlaw's duel with justice in his confinement, the suicide of his disciple, and his own pardon at the price of entering into the Government's secret police.

Balzac Lawton, Frederick 1910

In 1819 he personally arrested at Mme. Vauquer's boarding-house Jacques Collin, alias Vautrin, his old galley-mate and personal enemy.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

When a convict he met Jacques Collin, called Vautrin, and in May,

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

From 1824 to 1830 Mlle. Collin exerted a strong influence over Jacques, alias Vautrin, toward his life of adventure without the pale of the law.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

From 1824 to 1830, Corentin was pitted against the terrible Jacques Collin, alias Vautrin, whose friendly plans in behalf of Lucien de Rubempre he thwarted so cruelly.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

Jacques Collin, alias Vautrin, to obtain Prudence's affections, boasted of having freed her from Durut, whose threat held her in perpetual terror.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

And just as you watch the current flow, seeing in it a confused sheet of images, so perhaps you would like to measure the pressure exerted by social energy on the vortex called Vautrin; to see how far away the rebellious eddy will be carried ere it is lost, and what the end will be of this really diabolical man, human still by the power of loving

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824