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Jean Valjean (French: [ʒɑ̃ val.ʒɑ̃]) is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.The story depicts the character's struggle to lead a normal life and redeem himself after serving a 19-year-long prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's starving children and attempting to escape from prison.
All the after-struggle is secondary to the great event of the beginning, which is the salvation of Jean Valjean, not from the law or the prejudices of society, but from the power of evil. Javert is an accident, though a striking one; the real matter is much higher; it is the work of Bishop Myriel, not of the penal code.
They were well acquainted with the Thénardiers, who recruited them to assist in robbing Jean Valjean. Hugo explains that the name "Patron-Minette" is an old-fashioned slang expression for the early dawn, "the hour at which their work ended, the dawn being the vanishing moment for phantoms and for the separation of ruffians".
Eugène Vidocq, whose career provided a model for the character of Jean Valjean. An incident Hugo witnessed in 1829 involved three strangers and a police officer. One of the strangers was a man who had stolen a loaf of bread, similar to Jean Valjean, being taken to the coach by a police officer. Nearby, two onlookers, a mother and daughter, had ...
Jean Descole, Professor Layton’s archenemy in the prequel trilogy. Jean Pierre Polnareff, supporting character in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders; Jean Havoc, supporting character in Fullmetal Alchemist; Jean Kujo, A French karate expert from Virtua Fighter Series; Jean Valjean, protagonist of the Victor Hugo novel Les Misérables
On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Jackman, 56, shared a video to Instagram that showed him singing the end of the song "Valjean's Soliloquy" from the 2012 movie musical Les Misérables.
Fantine (French pronunciation:) is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.She is a young grisette in Paris who is impregnated by a rich student. . After he abandons her, she is forced to look after their child, Cosette, on her o
Cosette (French pronunciation:) is a ... Rescued by Jean Valjean, who raises Cosette as if she were his own, she grows up in a convent school.