Enjolras is a fictional character who acts as the charismatic leader of the Friends of the ABC in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. In both the novel and the musical that it inspired, Enjolras is a revolutionary who fights for a France with more rights for the poor and oppressed masses, ultimately dying for his beliefs in the June 1832 rebellion.
Enjolras at a meeting of the Friends of the ABC (seated, right)
The execution of Enjolras
Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Les Misérables has been popularized through numerous adaptations for film, television and the stage, including a musical.
Jean Valjean, under the alias Monsieur Madeleine, illustration by Gustave Brion.
Eugène Vidocq, whose career provided a model for the character of Jean Valjean
Fantine by Margaret Hall
Cosette by Emile Bayard, from the original edition of Les Misérables (1862)