Éponine Thénardier, also referred to as "Ponine", the "Jondrette girl" and the "young working-man", is a fictional character in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
Éponine intervenes to stop Patron-Minette robbing Valjean's home.
Éponine visits Marius to give him a letter.
Éponine dies in Marius' arms at the barricade.
Éponine: A Rose in Misery (1890) by Pierre Jeanniot
Les Misérables is a French epic historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Les Misérables has been popularize
Éponine
…tə-NAR-dee-ay, French: ), also referred to as "Ponine", the "Jondrette girl" and the "young working-man", is a fictional character in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. The character is introduced as a spoiled and pampered child, but appears later in the novel as a ragged and impoverished teenager who…
Jean Valjean, under the alias Monsieur Madeleine, illustration by Gustave Brion
Eugène Vidocq, whose career provided a model for the character of Jean Valjean
Cosette by Emile Bayard, from the original edition of Les Misérables (1862)