CHARACTERS
He would literally rather kill himself than let Jean Valjean live as a free man
Who is Javert?
She realizes she’s beautiful after years of her adopted father keeping her hidden away from boys
Who is Cosette?
He somehow manages to marry Cosette after stalking her and creeping around her home every night
Who is Marius?
He leads the student revolution with the Friends of the ABC
Who is Enjolras?
Valjean was originally sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, but got 14 more years for doing this
What is attempting to escape?
He fought for Napoleon and then watched his son grow up from behind a pillar at church
Who is Pontmercy?
He lets Valjean off the hook for stealing silver from him, and even gives him more silver!
Who is Bishop Bienvenu?
Valjean fakes a hand injury before Cosette & Marius’s wedding so he doesn’t have to do this
What is signing a false name on their marriage certificate or revealing his true identity?
She is so hopelessly in love that she pulls a Mulan to fight alongside her crush (unlike Mulan, though, she tragically dies)
Who is Eponine?
Upon being captured at the hospital, Valjean asks Javert for three days to find this woman’s daughter
Who is Fantine?
This boy outs Javert as a spy at the barricade and dies a martyr when he’s shot in battle
Who is Gavroche?
To survive as a man on the run, Valjean has to rely on the kindness of strangers like this man who lives at a convent (and who he had previously saved from under a cart)
Who is Fauchelevent?
Cosette has to meet up with Valjean here because her husband doesn’t approve of his criminal past
Where is M. Gillenormand's basement/cellar?
While both in disguise, Valjean rescues Javert at the barricade by letting him go instead of doing this
What is executing or shooting him?
Javert asks the mayor to fire him after the police find this apple thief, who he’s preeetty sure is the real Valjean
Who is Champmathieu?
Thenardier tells Marius that Valjean earned his fortune through honest work while living under this alias
Who is M. Madeleine?
Despite being the oldest character in the book, this man manages to still be alive at the end
Who is M. Gillenormand?
After kicking Marius out of the house, Gillenormand initially suggests that Cosette be this to Marius (he eventually comes around and blesses their marriage, though)
What is a mistress?
After spotting Valjean at the barricade, Javert is conflicted when the ex-con asks him with help doing this
What is carrying Marius home?
Jondrette is the alias of this man who tried to rob and kill Valjean while Marius looked on
Who is Thenardier?
After accidentally stealing this boy’s 40-sou coin, Valjean spends the rest of his life waiting to return it to him
Who is Petit Gervais?
After all his struggles and good deeds, this is what is ultimately written on Valjean’s tombstone
What is nothing?!
Valjean never had time for romance while running from the law, so before he adopted Cosette he never felt this emotion
What is love?
(Baby, don't hurt me)
Marius realizes that Valjean saved his life in the sewers when Thenardier shows him this
What is a bloody piece of Marius's shirt?
Despite his disdain for Thenardier, Marius throws money at him in the end because Thenardier did this
What is saving his father Pontmercy at Waterloo?