The central character of Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is released from prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread as well as various escape attempts. The story revolves around his redemption as he breaks parole and makes a name for himself.
An inspector of Police, Javert relentlessly pursues Valjean, attempting to return him to prison. Javert essentially believes that there are two types of people in the world bad people (Criminals) and good people. When he finally hunts down Valjean and discovers that he has become a good person, meaning everything he has ever known is wrong, He commits suicide.
Abandoned by her lover, Fantine is forced to leave her child in the care of an innkeeper and his wife in order to raise enough money to keep them both alive. Years later Fantine is fired from Valjean's factory because her child is discovered. Fantine is forced into prostitution and arrested by Javert. Valjean however feels sympathy and intervenes, nursing the woman until she eventually dies. On her death bed she makes him promise to raise her child Cosette.
An innkeeper and his wife, parents of Eponine. They take in Fantine's child, Cosette, using her for free labour and keeping the money Fantine sends for Cosette's care. They eventually sell Cosette to Valjean. They eventually lose the bar and make a living thieving on Paris' streets.
After Cosette is rescued from the Thernadiers, Valjean provides a comfortable yet secluded life in Paris. One day, she falls madly in love with Marius Pontmercy.
Marius is a student in Paris and key to the revolution that is brewing. He is a dashing young man and falls in love with Cosette on sight.
The leader of the revelation, Enjolras is Marius' best friend. He is killed in the Revolution.
Daughter of the Thernadiers, Eponine falls madly in love with Marius however he only views her as a friend. She is the first to die on the barricade after following Marius there.
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