Since the original publication of Les Misérables in 1862, the character of Cosette has been included in many adaptations in various media, including books, films,[6] musicals, plays and games, most notably in the 2007 anime Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette, in which she rather than Valjean is the central character. She can be seen as restrained by the time in which she lived, but still full of hopeful innocence and subtle strength. After they lose the inn in bankruptcy, they change their name to "Jondrette" and live by begging and petty thievery. addiction. Believing Marius to be a corpse, he tears off part of Marius' coat in order to blackmail Valjean with it later. At first Cosette is unsure if the doll really is for her and is reluctant to take it, but then joyfully accepts it. Unbeknownst to Fantine, the Thénardiers abuse Cosette while she is under their care. They own an inn in the town of Montfermeil, where they have been entrusted with the care of Cosette, Fantine's daughter. SparkNotes is brought to you by Barnes & Noble. He is let out by Thénardier, who has a government key and does not recognize him, simply assuming him to be an assassin who killed Marius. to release Cosette, Valjean pays the sum without hesitation. to let her enjoy Christmas Eve. M. Thénardier orders Valjean to either give back Cosette or pay a thousand crowns, but Valjean ignores him and departs with Cosette. treat their baby boy, Gavroche, as poorly as Cosette, viewing him When Valjean returns with rent money, M. Jondrette and Patron-Minette ambush him and he reveals his real identity: M. Thénardier. but in this section he comes across as almost saintly, particularly In the end, Valjean offers 1500 francs to take Cosette, and delighted with the money, the Thénardiers hand her over without question. At that moment [Cosette] suddenly felt The man, who is Valjean, is surprised to learn that this We can all see that France after the revolution treated women very different than the Old France. Valjean pays them 1,500 francs, settling all of Fantine's debts, and he and Cosette leave the inn. It is later revealed that Valjean sparing Javert's life at the barricade had caused a moral paradox and that Javert had committed suicide by jumping into the Seine. The novel portrays them as brutal and abusive figures; some adaptations transform them into buffoonish characters, though sometimes still criminals, to provide comic relief from the generally more serious tone of the story. It was during her absence that Valjean has managed to free himself. time off on Christmas Eve, and when Thénardier demands 1,500 francs Éponine is sent by Babet to investigate Valjean's house, but since she knows that Cosette, who now lives with Valjean, is the beloved of her former neighbor Marius (for whom she harbors some affection), sends back a biscuit to Babet (which is code for "not worth the trouble"). Illustration of Cosette in the Thénardiers' inn at, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cosette&oldid=981642896, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from January 2019, Articles needing additional references from January 2013, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Monsieur Gillenormand (grandfather-in-law), This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 15:54. However, in a novel of symbolism and metaphor, Cosette may also be seen as a symbol of hope in the world of Les Misérables, representing the rise of the oppressed and abused from darkness to a bright future. After a few months, Marius notices her and sees that she has grown to be an extremely beautiful young woman. Thénardier dies in prison and Éponine and Azelma are released. Valjean takes Cosette to Paris, where they lodge at Gorbeau House; Valjean begins her education. One day, they hatch a plan to rob Valjean, whom they have learned is now also living in Paris ("The Robbery"). Hugo’s disdain for materialism pervades his descriptions expensive doll as a gift for Cosette. In a later chapter, Cosette eventually remembers her childhood—praying for the mother she never knew; the two ugly Thénardiers, and fetching them water somewhere "very far from Paris". Thénardier screams at her to hurry. Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. M. Jondrette sends Éponine and Azelma outside as look-outs. Cosette is also portrayed as largely sexless. Mario Vargas Llosa says of her relationship to Marius, Now the love between these two is completely ethereal; the sex drive has been surgically removed so that their relationship can be purely one of feeling. Nine years later, they are living in the slums of Paris, having lost their inn. in a rundown tenement called the Gorbeau House. Mme. Ultimately, with Marius, she succeeds in doing so. as merely another mouth to feed. The fact that the Thénardiers regard their third child her mother, and Valjean produces the note from Fantine. Thénardier and his child Azelma are in the Mardi Gras parade. When Marius learns from Thénardier that he owes his life to Valjean, Marius and Cosette go to Valjean, find him on his deathbed, and reconcile with him. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thénardiers&oldid=966857915, Articles needing additional references from January 2013, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Unlike their portrayal in the novel, the Thénardiers are given a more humorous and relatively light-hearted role in the musical version of. Afterwards, whilst the students plan to build the barricades, the Thénardiers plan to wait underground, in the hope that they will pick up lots of wealth and riches from the dead students after the battle is over ("One Day More"). The Thénardiers appear at the wedding of Marius and Cosette, posing as the Baron and Baroness de Thénard. He runs after them and tells Valjean that he has changed his mind and wants Cosette back. Valjean pays 1500 francs to settle Fantine's debts and leaves with Cosette. Rescued by Jean Valjean, who raises Cosette as if she were his own, she grows up in a convent school. Thénardier and his gang of robbers reach the gates of Valjean's house on Rue Plumet, when Éponine intercepts them and tries to force them to leave in order to protect Marius. Magnon had accused M. Gillenormand of fathering the two children, which he denied, although he agreed to support them as long as Magnon did not bring him any more children to support. In the middle of the novel, Mme. Marius returns to his apartment and continues to observe the Jondrettes. He follows her back to the Thénardiers’ inn, where The next morning, Christmas Day, Valjean informs the Thénardiers that he has come to take Cosette with him. The novel reintroduces us to Cosette on Christmas Eve After Valjean writes the letter and gives his address, M. Thénardier sends out Mme. He then allows Valjean to visit her each evening, but makes those visits increasingly difficult until Valjean stops coming. Thénardier is furious but M. Thénardier tells her that Valjean can do as he wishes as long as he pays them. The Jondrettes support themselves by sending letters begging for money to well-known philanthropists. However, Éponine wards them off by threatening to scream. Valjean dies peacefully. The Thénardiers’ pursuit of material goods leads them to engage Where does Valjean and Cosette live after he recruits her from the Thernadier's? The philanthropist and his daughter then come into their apartment; they turn out to be Valjean and Cosette. it is more prudent to let the matter go. [2] The narrator also says that "fear was spread all over her". slavery. feel as if they have enough cash—their love of money verges on an of the Thénardiers’ tavern. In order to look poorer, M. Jondrette puts out their fire and breaks a chair. M. Thénardier reads it and thinks Éponine threw it inside as a warning. Madame Thénardier immediately agrees but Thénardier pretends affection for Cosette and acts reluctant. Tholomyès abandons Fantine, who leaves three-year-old Cosette with the Thénardiers at their inn in Montfermeil, paying them to care for her child while she works in the city of Montreuil-sur-Mer. The same night, Cosette informs Marius that she and Valjean will be departing for England soon. Safe at last, Cosette falls The Thénardiers realize that their After, quite literally, dragging Marius through quicksand in the sewer, Valjean finally manages to get Marius through the sewers alive. him Cosette. Gavroche, not involved with his family's crimes, encounters purely by chance his two younger brothers, who are unaware of their identities. M. Thénardier expresses regret that he did not bring his gun, and turns back to the inn. at getting a material bargain, but his willingness to sell a child After many weeks, Éponine takes Marius to Cosette's new address in order to please Marius. Éponine comes in the apartment in a rush and announces that a philanthropist and his daughter are arriving any minute to visit them. This shows us that the New France treats women a lot better. When the man collapses, Thénardier steals a ring from the Marius' body, and then departs upon realizing that the collapsed man is Jean Valjean. The Thénardiers then try to rob Valjean again ("The Attack on Rue Plumet"). She is forced to go barefoot in winter. He is "a skinny little runt, pale, angular, bony, rickety, who looked sick but was as fit as a fiddle". he intends to spend the night. He claims that Cosette's mother gave her into their care and that he cannot release Cosette without a note from her mother. They continue to meet in secret. pretends to be reluctant to part with the girl, hoping to gouge by his selfless generosity. Thénardier jumps at the opportunity, but M. Thénardier Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.The story depicts the character's 19-year-long struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's children during a time of economic depression and various attempts to escape from prison. Out of nowhere, a large hand reaches down She catches sight of Éponine through the gate and asks the "workman" to deliver the letter to Marius. Mme. She is fourteen years old, and fresh out of the convent, so he pays little attention to her. Marius grabs the paper and throws it in through the wall crack. Yet it becomes more understandable when we see Thénardier’s Marius pulls out his bloodied coat. M. Thénardier tries to swindle more money out of Valjean. Thénardier attempts to blackmail Marius with what he knows about Valjean's past, but he inadvertently corrects Marius' misunderstandings about Valjean and reveals Valjean's good deeds. As the orphaned child of an unmarried mother deserted by her father, Hugo never gives her a surname. guest is wealthy and begin to treat him better. and leaves with Cosette. At the police station, an inspector named Javert instructs Marius to stand lookout with two pistols, and to fire as soon as the crime is committed to signal the police to come. Critics have often considered Cosette to be something of an empty figure, with no real independent character apart from the role she plays in the lives of others: as an innocent, hopeless child-victim to be exploited (for the Thénardiers); a daughter to be protected (for Fantine and Valjean); and an object of adoration (for Marius). She is now eight years old and still lives Thénardier tries to swindle more money out of Valjean by saying that he has changed his mind and wants Cosette back, informing Valjean that Cosette's mother had entrusted her to his care and he cannot release her without a note from her mother.
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