Gavroche is a fictional character in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. He is a boy who lives on the streets of Paris. His name has become a synonym for an urchin or street child. Gavroche plays a short yet significant role in the many adaptations of Les Misérables, sharing the populist ideology of the Friends of the ABC and joining the revolutionaries in the June 1832 rebellion. He figures in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th parts of the novel.
Illustration of Gavroche by Émile Bayard (1837-1891)
Gavroche a 11 ans (Gavroche aged 11), pen and ink drawing by Victor Hugo
Les Gavroches, a replica of the 1904 sculpture by Antonio Sciortino in the Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta.
Gavroche singing while collecting cartridges from stricken government troops
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)
