# Gobseck — Shorts from Scenes from Private Life character guide

> Gobseck in Shorts from Scenes from Private Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Daddy Gobseck, Grandaddy Gobseck, M. Gobseck, Papa Gobseck

**First appearance:** 0016-gobseck

## Who they are

A miserly usurer who controls the fates of his clients.

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