Gil Blas, zhel blas, of Santillane, san-til-an, The Adventures of, a well known novel by Alain Rene Le Sage. The scene of the story is laid in Spain, about two hundred years ago. The hero, Gil Blas, is represented as telling his own story. In reality the book is a series of stories or scenes of life among various classes of people, the connecting thread being of an inconsequential character. Le Sage was a Frenchman who was never in Spain. He has succeeded, however, in writing a story which is true to nature, and which is full of wit and satire. The first volume of Gil Blas was published in 1715, the second in 1735. The story has been translated into English by Tobias Smollett. See LE SAGE.