Victor-Marie Hugo was
a French poet, novelist,
and dramatist of the
Romantic movement.
Bom: February 26, 1802,
Died: May 22, 1885.
Victor Hugo had a nomadic and
anxious childhood. He was
erratically schooled, a fact
which accounts in part for the
eclectic and unsystematic
aspect of his poetic thought.
In 1822 Hugo married his childhood
sweetheart, Adale Foucher. one and)
half years after the death of his
mother, who opposed the match,
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Itis thought that Victor
Hugo, the author of the
novel, began to consider
writing a novel about social
injustice as early as 1829.
In 1845, on the streets of
Paris, he observed the
same incident that triggers
the novel's action.
In 1882, Hugo published Les
Misérabies, a major neve, the
work of many yeers, His guiding se
interest was a social and
humanitarian concer fr the
disadvantaged. The book wae not
just an adventure story but a love
story anda mystery as wal I
solidified Hugo's concem fer
people who were treated unfairly
in society and once again amazed
the reading public with the range
ofhis literary powers.Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is
the protagonist
of Victor
Hugo's 1862
novel Les
Misérables.
Valjean is also known in the
novel as Monsieur Madeleine,
Ultime Fauchelevent, Monsieur
Leblanc, and Urbain Fabre.
Valjean and police
Inspector Javert,
who repeatedly
encounters Valjean
and attempts to
retum him to
prison, have
become
archetypes in
literary culture.Fantine is a fictional
character in Victor
Hugo's 1862 novel
Les Misérables.
She was first played in
the musical by Rose
Laurens in France, and
when the musical
came to England, Patti
LuPone played Fantine
in the West End.
Fantine has since been
played by numerous
actresses.
She is a young
grisette in Paris who
becomes pregnant
by arich student,
Tholomyes. After he
abandons her, she is
forced to look after
their child, Cosette,
on her own. Fantine
is eventually forced
by circumstances to
become a prostitute,
selling her hair and
front teeth, losing
her beauty and
health.Cosette is a fictional
character in the 1862
novel Les Misérables by
Victor Hugo and in the
many adaptations of the
story for stage, film, and
television.
She is the daughter of
Fantine and was rescued [
by Jean Valjean, who
raises Cosette as if she
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young lawyer. Valjean's struggle) | up in a convent school
to protect her while disguising
his past drives much of the plot
until he recognizes “that this.
child had a right to know life
before renouncing it.-Jean Valjean served in a French.
prison for 19 years,
-Went to the town of Digne
and met Myriel
-Fatine fell in love, had a child,
Cosette, and went through a
series of unfortunate events.
= Madeleine promises to
Fatine to take care of her
child
Cosette.
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- Eponine helps Marius look for
= Valjean escapes from prison
‘and heads to Montfermel,
Where he is able to buy
Cosette from the Thénardiers.
= Marius doesn't like his
father and moves out.
-He saw Cosette and fell
in love.
- Marius alerts the local
police inspector.- Valjean manages to intercept
the note and sets out to save the
life of the man his daughter
loves.
|| - Marius makes a full recovery
|) and is reconciled with
Gillenormand,
- Marius tries to prevent
Cosette from having
contact with Valjean.
- Marius tells Cosette
# | everything that has
“| happened.- A person can change as long
as you give them a chance and
guide them.
- Life is unpredictable
and is heavily shown in
Valjean's story.
The socioeconomic status of
Fantine affected her motherhood for
Cosette. Because she did not have
job, she was forced to become a
prostitute and sell her body parts in
order to make money.
Jean Valjean experienced
discrimination because of being an
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