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
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".
Patron-Minette
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Patron-Minette was the name given to a street gang in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables and the musical of the same name. The gang consisted of four criminals: Montparnasse, Claquesous, Babet, a
The Patron-Minette gang in their hide-out in the Paris sewer system. Illustration by Pierre-Georges Jeanniot
Three members of Patron-Minette in theatrical masks in the commedia dell'arte style
Éponine intervenes to stop the gang robbing Valjean's home