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gavroche-le-moineau · 2 months

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Initial Character Names in Les Mis

I've been having fun poking around in the "Rédaction Initiale" (the earliest version) of Les Mis and want to collect the different initial character names I've run across in one place!

Jean Valjean <- Jean Tréjean

madame Magloire <- madame Marthe

mademoiselle Baptistine <- mademoiselle Sylvanie

Fantine <- Marguerite Louet

Cosette <- Anna Louet*

Marius Pontmercy <- Thomas Pontmercy

Gillenormand <- Charpentier

Gavroche <- Chavroche

Eponine <- Palmyre

Azelma <- Malvina

Grantaire <- Grangé

* This name is the reason Cosette is called Alouette! “La mère s’appelait Marguerite Louet, son enfant s’appelait Anna Louet. D’Anna Louet on avait fait Alouette. C’était le nom qu’on lui donnait dans tout Montfermeil.” Translation: The mother was called Marguerite Louet, her child was called Anna Louet. From Anna Louet they had made Alouette. It was the name she was given in all of Montfermeil.

This isn't an exhaustive list, these are just the ones I've noticed.

#les mis characters #les mis language #jean valjean #fantine #cosette #marius #gavroche #eponine #azelma #grantaire

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lesmisscraper · 4 months

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Valjean and Cosette's small talk, returning from the well in the forest. Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 7.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday!

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espetrell · 2 years

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A new musical adaptation of Les Mis? And they're even including Azelma??? I can't WAIT until this is open to the general public 👀

#les miserables #les mis #musical theater #musicals #gavroche #gavroche thenardier #eponine #eponine thenardier #azelma #azelma thenardier

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annachum · 6 months

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In Les Miserables

Valjean : The convict becomes a hero

Javert : The lawful becomes a criminal

Marius : The lost becomes an enlightened

Enjolras : The leader becomes a fallen

Grantaire : The cynic becomes a believer

Eponine : The misguided becomes a redeemed

Azelma : The despaired becomes a hopeful

Gavroche : The innocent becomes a cynic

Cosette : The abused becomes a survivor

Fantine : The misfit becomes a martyr

#les miserables #a summary of their character arcs #valjean #enjolras #fantine #cosette #grantaire #eponine #azelma #javert #gavroche

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ueinra · 9 months

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When they entered, the Thénardier said to them in a grumbling tone which was full of adoration, “Ah! there you are, you children!” Then drawing them, one after the other to her knees, smoothing their hair, tying their ribbons afresh, and then releasing them with that gentle manner of shaking off which is peculiar to mothers, she exclaimed, “What frights they are!”

— Les Misérables, II.III.VIII Illustrated by Jacques Pecnard (Hachette Editions, 1956)

#les miserables #les mis #madame thenardier #eponine #azelma #thenardier Sisters #Pecnard illustrations #illustration

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weisbrot · 9 months

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dear @wheresurboytonighthelookslikeenj i have decided to add gavroche and azelma to the marius eponine friendship and have them all enjoy (some more than others) a lil studying/bookclub session 😌✨📚📖📔 Hope you enjoy too!! thank you for chosing such fun prompts for me to work on ☺️

Thank you also to the @drinkwithme-exchange mods who did a wonderful job moderating 💛

#drinkwithme2023

#les miserables #les mis #drinkwithme2023 #wheresurboytonighthelookslikeenj #eponine #marius pontmercy #azelma #gavroche #my blergh #lm my blergh #this originally had a wider composition but i think the close and busy picture represents well how the thenardier siblings fill mariusˋ home #and make it feel lived in in a way that those old sitting rooms usually dont by the smount of space there is #gavroche is in absolute agony tho not boing able to hang outside for like 2 hours every week ahahah but he too will learn the joy of #getting absorbed by a fantastic story and not wanting to put the book down #also eponines oldest sibling energy 🙏🏻 i feel u girl. cant even chill with ur friends withiut worrsing about the little ones #portfolio

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granhairdo · 8 months

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azelma :(

#les mis #les miserables #azelma #les mis art #les mis fanart #my art

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apollocomic · 9 months

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#apollocomic #grantaire #enjolras #exr #les mis #les miserables #enjoltaire #e/r #azelma

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hyperfixationstation1 · 3 months

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The mute

Azelma Thenardier sketch

#les mis #les miserables #azelma thenardier #azelma #thenardier siblings #victor hugo #the brick #listen sometimes you’re staying with your musician homie #and you have to ask them for scrap paper #they hand you a stack of sheet paper #and like what can you do? it’s not like it’s not paper

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fillsta · 2 years

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How to explain Les Mis characters to your friends

Enjolras 'Enjy dearest', 'Enj':

Angry blond boy. "Eat the rich". Either gay or aroace. His celebrity crush is Robespierre. He may or may not have a crush on a specific wine lover. Also Aaron Tveit. That's it

Combeferre 'Ferre':

The 'hot' scholar. Rly likes moths I guess. Wears glasses bc he's smart and smart ppl wear glasses. Has done nothing wrong, ever. We love him .

Courfeyrac 'Courf':

Everybody's friend. Flirty, fruity bitch. Round and lovable. Possibly in a relationship with either Combeferre or Jehan. Marius' own personal extrovert. Keeps the group together. Portrayed by the Mighty, the Fruity Fra Fee.

Grantaire 'R':

Likes to drink. A lot. Bi bitch, hopelessly in love with a certain blondie. Hold-hands-before-getting-shot-to-death kind of crush. Rly good at history and philosophy. Cynic. Also, fandom decided that he draws<3. Big hobo energy. Ask the fandom about the actor in the 2012 musical and they'll shed tears

Jean Prouvaire 'Jehan':

Ah yes, the softie. Love poetry and playing the flute. Most likely smoke weed. Plant parent. Gender unknown. We love their hippie bullshit. I don't remember the actor's name but he was kinda cute

Bahorel 'Baho':

The fruity gym bro. Enjoys fistfighting. Possibly Feuilly's bf. Man bun and beard. Studies law but doesn't want to be a lawyer. Doodles instead. Gavroche's idol. His celebrity crush is probably Dwayne Johnson or sth.

Feuilly:

IwbavajsbJzkabzjsvs. We love him. He's pure and innocent. Orphan. Makes fans for a living. Really loves the countries of the world. Headcannoned as Polish. Enjolras' fav ho. Wears flannels. I'll stop here because oh boi I can go on for ages

Bossuet/Lesgles:

Bald guy. Wholesome. He's also extremely unlucky and Victor made sure that's his only personality trait. Polyamoryyyy. His bf is Joly, his gf is Musichetta. It's just... Bossuet, you know?

Joly:

Doctor? Yeah, did I mention he's a germaphobe? Poor guy. Eccentric asf. Carries a cane everywhere. Will wake up in the middle of the night to align his bed according to the earth's poles and shit. Yes, he has a bf and gf, as previously mentioned.

Gavroche 'Gav':

Best boiiii. Smol, like, 10-12 yrs old. Savage. Absolutely destroyed Enjolras when in an argument. Also managed to trick a skilled criminal once. Rip, he would have loved Minecraft. Eponine and Azelma's brother. Courfeyrac's instant son. Looks up to Bahorel.

Marius Pontmercy:

The Most Awkward Human Being. Like, fr. Courfeyrac's emotional support introvert. Possibly the only straight here but who knows??? Idk he's kinda close with Courf. Anyway Enj amd Ferre scare him. Especially Ferre. He somehow gets a gf??? Survived

Eponine 'Ponine' Thenardieur

Marius' side ho. Has a crush on him. Bit I think she's gayyyy. Or bi. There's no way she's interested in men only. Anyway, poor. Terrible household situation :(. Feminist. I hope she gets a gf in her second life. R had a smol crush on her but that was just a phase. She deserved better, like everyone.

Cosette Fauchelevent/Valjean:

Marius' main ho (how this guy manages to get bitches is beyond me). Cottagecore goth (is that a thing?). Adopted. Such a sweet gal. Eponine could also be her gf <3.

Montparnasse 'Parnasse':

Ah him. Okay this guy. He is s narcissistic but a good one. One day he looked in the mirror and said 'Wow im hot lets murder people' and so he did exactly that. Said criminal tricked by Gavroche. 'Dandy'. He's so cool I love him sm.

Azelma Thenardieur:

Poor girl doesn't get any development. She's just there. Survived. Is rly cool tho, trust me.

Jean Valjean:

Stole bread and went to jail for 19 years. Villain origin story. Then he stole from a child (which may or may not have been Feuilly but that's another story for another post) and he instantly went good. Became mayor and businessman. One of his employees died so he found her daughter and raised her. Survived for a while. Is supposed to be the protagonist lol. Wholesome grandpa

Inspector Javert 'Jav jav man':

Is his life's goal to arrest Valjean. I say enemies to lovers trope. Starts off as a bitch, tbh.

Fantine:

My poor girl deserved the world. Her bf got her pregnant and fled :(. She gave Cosette over to some strangers to raise her while she worked in a nearby town, sending them money for Cosette's expenses. That's a no no there but ok. Gets fired, becomes a prostitute, dies. So of any of you out there shame sex workers I'll choke u while u sleep.

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dolphin1812 · 1 year

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I love how this visitor confuses the Thénardiers so much in relation to his social class that we see the full scale of how they treat people. We know that they’re dishonest overall, but we also know that they’re trying to be hospitable here, so the distinctions in their address are all technically polite, but they’re the different levels of politeness expected for different classes. We see this in the distinction between, for instance, “good man” and “monsieur,” but we also see it in how he’s denied a room. It would be rude to cast him out (and being rude is bad for business), but saying “there’s no room” is a perfectly acceptable excuse. Charging him extra to see if that drives him away serves the same purpose; it’s immoral, but the Thénardiers’ ultimate concern is avoiding having a guest who both can’t pay them and makes their inn look less fancy because he looks poor. Of course, we know that there is space, and the comparative luxury they end up offering this guest in case he’s secretly of a higher class demonstrates their interest in flattering wealthy guests. The speech about the decorations may be made-up, but that kind of attention is part of being a good host, which is important to the job in general but is even more of a priority for someone with money. It makes the Thénardiers seem invested in their guest and as if they are more “elevated” class-wise themselves (from, for example, owning fine bonnets). The fact that they need this man’s money again emphasizes that this is normal treatment and isn’t something specific to their moral failings (even if the dramatic contrasts may stem from that). Class was just that big a factor in how people were treated, down to the address used for them.

We learn more about the contrast between Cosette and the Thénardier girls here as well. Everything about Cosette radiates “fear” and suffering; she’s visibly malnourished and abused, poorly dressed, and melancholy. The other girls are warmly clothed and cheerful, likely because they’re well-fed and loved. They’re not wealthy, either; even they don’t have a very nice doll and have to play with an old and broken one. But they do have a doll, and they also are clothed properly for the weather. It’s a quick way of indicating that yes, the Thénardiers seem wealthy because they’re in a relatively poor village and have the contrast of Cosette right there, but they still can’t afford to spend that much on luxuries like dolls. It reminds me of the difference between how Fantine and Cosette were dressed when she left her in the Thénardiers’ care. Fantine had sold all of her nice clothes and was thus dressed very plainly, but her love for Cosette led her to save all her beautiful things for her daughter. Similarly, the Thénardiers prioritize their daughters’ appearance by buying them nice “bourgeois” clothes, but they don’t actually have the money to cover all the characteristics of that lifestyle.

I love watching the children play with the dolls (and the cat). Éponine and Azelma felt realistically young (and like an older and younger sibling) in how they approached the cat (which I hope got away from them quickly!), and watching Cosette stare at Catherine was both heartbreaking and cute (although seeing her rock the toy she made and tell it that her mother died was so sad). I want to be upset about Hugo’s Thoughts on Women, but in this case, I actually find them ironic in the context of the rest of the novel? The very first woman we were introduced to was Mlle Baptistine, who never married or had children. Hugo points out that this limits the amount of respect she’s given in society, but doesn’t add much more aside from some notes on her devotion to her brother. After that, we continue to meet women who are unmarried and/or childless, and while many of the most notable ones are nuns (like Sister Simplice) and may be gendered by different standards as a consequence of that, it’s so bizarre for Hugo to now say that a woman without children is “impossible.” I think Hugo does see a difference between “womanhood” and “woman who never marries or has kids, but it’s OK because she’s holy in some way,” so perhaps the irony stems merely from the overlap in terms? The whole thing is infuriating, but it’s also just strange.

#les mis letters #lm 2.3.8 #cosette #jean valjean #thénardier #éponine #azelma

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lesmisscraper · 4 months

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Cosette being adopted by Valjean in the Christmas Morning of 1823. Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 9.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.

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cliozaur · 4 months

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So much is going on! Gillenormand's behaviour is overbearing, isn't it? He dictates the wedding date and simply states, "Let us marry, then." Too much control for him!

Jean Valjean's actions grow increasingly peculiar, especially for those unaware of his intentions. His conduct showcases his resourcefulness and experience in avoiding any direct legal ties with Cosette. This time, he feigned an injury to his right hand, making it appear as if he couldn't sign official documents. And he sent Thoussaint to stay with Cosette. Moreover, he will not accept Cosette’s invitation to live with them in Gillenormand house (on this matter, I completely agree with Valjean!) But these are all steps intended to cut himself out of Cosette’s life. It hurts.

I won't delve into Hugo's sarcasm regarding the adaptation of English customs in France. However, the final dialogue between two masked individuals—a Spaniard with a prominent nose and a fishwife with a revealing neckline—is noteworthy. From their conversation's end, we discover that the girl is Azelma, making the "Spaniard" her father, Thénardier. Azelma isn't faring well; there are hints of her involvement in prostitution, and she is “shivering, laughed and coughed.” And Thénardier is still manipulating her, as she is obviously the last living member of the family, he can press to do what he wants. He's pushing her to spy on the father of the bride, likely recognizing Jean Valjean. Their conversation is unjustifiably long. On the bright side, Azelma seems to resist and oppose her father, and it appears her attempts were somewhat successful.

#les mis letters #lm 5.6.1 #les miserables #marius pontmercy #cosette #jean valjean #thenardier #azelma

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justgayrevolutionnaries · 2 years

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I need a les mis adaptations where each of the Thénardier children gets to drop a f-bomb at some point. I just think they deserve it.

#just let the kids say fuck #please #they have earned it #les mis #les miserables #gavroche #eponine #azelma

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ueinra · 5 months

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Two days after the events which we are at this moment narrating, he set out, thanks to Marius’ care, for America under a false name, with his daughter Azelma, furnished with a draft on New York for twenty thousand francs.

The moral wretchedness of Thénardier, the bourgeois who had missed his vocation, was irremediable. He was in America what he had been in Europe. Contact with an evil man sometimes suffices to corrupt a good action and to cause evil things to spring from it. With Marius’ money, Thénardier set up as a slave-dealer.

— Les Misérables, V.IX.IV Illustrated by Renato Guttuso (Italian Edition, 1966)

#les miserables #les mis #thenardier #azelma #Renato Guttuso illustrations #illustration #This is the first time I've seen an illustration of this part!#I saw it today when I was checking this edition

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pureanonofficial · 1 year

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LES MIS LETTERS IN ADAPTATION - One Mother Meets Another Mother, LM 1.4.1 (Les Miserables 1925)

Then the child began to laugh; and although the mother held fast to her, she slipped to the ground with the unconquerable energy of a little being which wished to run. All at once she caught sight of the two others in the swing, stopped short, and put out her tongue, in sign of admiration.

Mother Thénardier released her daughters, made them descend from the swing, and said:—

“Now amuse yourselves, all three of you.”

Children become acquainted quickly at that age, and at the expiration of a minute the little Thénardiers were playing with the newcomer at making holes in the ground, which was an immense pleasure.

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