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This is a list of characters in Les Misérables, an 1862 historical novel by Victor Hugo. The characters are listed in order by their first substantial appearance in the book.
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- Jean Valjean. Cosette’s adopted father. Valjean is an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit and makes his fortune with his innovative industrial techniques.
- Cosette. Fantine’s daughter, who lives as Valjean’s adopted daughter after her mother dies. Cosette spends her childhood as a servant for the Thénardiers in Montfermeil, but even this awful experience does not make her hardened or cynical.
- Javert. A police inspector who strictly believes in law and order and will stop at nothing to enforce France’s harsh penal codes. Javert is incapable of compassion or pity, and performs his work with such passion that he takes on a nearly animal quality when he is on the chase.
- Fantine. A working-class girl who leaves her hometown of Montreuil-sur-mer to seek her fortune in Paris. Fantine’s innocent affair with a dapper student named Tholomyès leaves her pregnant and abandoned.
Bonnie Antosh, Michael Miller. Les Misérables plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
Les Misérables ( / leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb ( əl ), - blə / lay MIZ-ə-RAHB (-əl), -RAH-blə, French: [le mizeʁabl] ), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz ( / leɪ ˈmɪz / lay MIZ ), is a sung-through musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Schönberg and Boublil, based on the 1862 novel o...
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Hugo’s skillful characterization throughout his long novel brings each character to life, illuminating a well-loved tale of hardship, passion, determination, and resistance. Jean Valjean. Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo’s novel ‘Les Misérables‘. He was convicted of stealing a loaf of bread and sentenced to 19 years of ...
