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Don Cleophas Leondro Perez Zambullo

Don Cleophas Leondro Perez Zambullo or Don Cleofas, is a character within Alain Ren La Sage's opera, Le Diable Boiteux [1]. Zambullo is led by demon Asmodeus in nightly adventures. However, in the French writer's 1707 satirical novel, Asmodeus; or, The Devil Upon Two Sticks, Don Cleophas is led by a Asmodeus of cupid form [1]. Asmodeus leads Don Cleophas through the skies, up to the steeple of St. Salvador, and in a brief momentary passage of time, the interior of every private dwelling was shown to him [2].

Zambullo's character is also referenced in Charles Dickens' novel, The Old Curiosity Shop (1840):

"... the historian takes the friendly reader by the hand, and springing with him into the air, and cleaving the same at a greater rate than ever Don Cleophas Leandro Perez Zambullo and his familiar travelled through that pleasant region in company..." [3]



References

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  1. ^ a b Asmodeus, Paul Haupt, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. No. 40, No. 3/4 (1921), pp.174-178
  2. ^ Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama. A Revised American Edition of the Readers' Handbook, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Volume IV, 1892.
  3. ^ The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1961. 229-30. Print.