# Doctor Heraclius Gloss — Short Fiction character guide

> Doctor Heraclius Gloss in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Heraclius Gloss, Doctor Heraclius, the learned Heraclius, Heraclius, Reverse Doctor Heraclius, Doctor

**First appearance:** 0005-doctor-heraclius-gloss

## Who they are

A learned but eccentric doctor who becomes obsessed with metempsychosis and a mysterious manuscript.

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