Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew Up... doted on by her overindulgent parents, Monsieur and Madame Thénardier. The Thénardiers spoiled their only daughter while neglecting Cosette, the child they were paid to look after. So, Éponine grew up with great sense of entitlement.
Living... in Paris in the mid-1800s as tensions build toward the June Rebellion. Éponine’s family squandered away all their money, and so now Éponine is living in poverty, just scraping by.
Profession... helping her parents beg for, and sometimes steal, money. She’s not happy about it, and she dreams of a more respectable and comfortable life.
Interests... joining her friends in fighting for freedom for the people of France. Éponine is lonely and lost, and so she longs to be a part of something. The rebellion provides the perfect opportunity for that.
Relationship Status... single. But she’s pining for Marius, one of the student rebels fighting for freedom. She’s been known to follow him around and do favors for him, even as he continues to only see her as a friend.
Challenge... getting by on the rough streets of 19th-century Paris “on her own.” Éponine only wants to love and be loved, but in her dog-eat-dog world, that can be hard to find.
Personality... scrappy, loving, and selfless. Éponine has a strong sense of right and wrong, refusing to con people even when her parents tell her to do so. Even as the circumstances make it hard for Éponine to succeed, she continues to fight for the things she believes in and the people she loves, even to the point of making huge sacrifices.
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Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism, and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him, and has been a perennial favorite since it first appeared over 150 years ago. This exciting new translation with Jillian Tamaki's brilliant cover art will be a gift both to readers who have already fallen for its timeless story and to new readers discovering it for the first time.
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Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.
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The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.
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Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.
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The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.
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An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
