Gavroche
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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
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
Thénardiers
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The Thénardiers, commonly known as Monsieur Thénardier and Madame Thénardier, are fictional characters, and the secondary antagonists in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables and in many adaptations
Gavroche
…ABC and joining the revolutionaries in the June 1832 rebellion. He figures in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th parts of the novel. Gavroche is the eldest son of Monsieur and Madame Thénardier. He has two older sisters, Éponine and Azelma, and two unnamed younger brothers. Hugo never provides his given name but says Gavroche has chosen his…
The Thénardiers, from the first French-language edition (1862), by Gustave Brion
Javert, from the first French-language edition.
Thénardier presents himself to Marius as "M. Thénard".