ÉponineÉponine Thénardier ( , French:), also referred to as "Ponine", the "Jondrette girl" and the "young working-man", is a fictional character in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. The character is introduced as a spoiled and pampered child, but appears later in the novel as a ragged and impoverished teenager who speaks in the argot of the Parisian streets, while retaining vestiges of her former charm and innocence.
ThénardiersThe Thénardiers, commonly known as Monsieur Thénardier ( , French:) and Madame Thénardier, are fictional characters, and the secondary antagonists in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables and in many adaptations of the novel into other media. They are unscrupulous working-class people who blame society for their sufferings. Early in the novel, they own an inn and cheat their customers.
Jean ValjeanFictional character in Les Misérables Fictional character Jean ValjeanLes Misérables characterJean Valjean disguised as Monsieur Madeleine.
Adaptations of Les MisérablesVictor Hugo's novel Les Misérables has been the subject of many adaptations in various media since its original publication in 1862.
CosetteCosette (French pronunciation: [kɔzɛt]) is a fictional character in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo and in the many adaptations of the story for stage, film, and television. Her birth name, Euphrasie, is only mentioned briefly. As the orphaned child of an unmarried mother deserted by her father, Hugo never gives her a surname. In the course of the novel, she is mistakenly identified as Ursule, Lark, or Mademoiselle Lanoire.
Friends of the ABCThe Friends of the ABC (French: Les Amis de l'ABC), or simply the ABC, is a fictional association of revolutionary French republican students featured in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. In French, the name of the society is a pun, in which abaissés ('the abased, humiliated, degraded') is pronounced [abese], very similar to A-B-C ([ɑ be se]).
Battle of WaterlooBelligerentsFranceUnited KingdomPrussiaNetherlandsHanoverNassauBrunswickCommanders and leadersNapoleon BonaparteMichel NeyJean-de-Dieu SoultJean-Baptiste DrouetHonoré Charles ReilleGeorges MoutonFrançois de KellermannÉdouard MilhaudDuke of WellingtonEarl of Uxbridge (WIA)Rowland HillThomas Picton†William, Prince of Orange (WIA)Gebhard von BlücherAugust von GneisenauGraf von ZietenLudwig von PirchFriedrich von BülowUnits involvedArmy of the NorthI CorpsII CorpsVI CorpsIII Cavalry CorpsIV Cavalry CorpsImperial GuardWellington's ArmyI CorpsII Corps Cavalry Corps Anglo-Allied ReservesBlücher's Army I Corps II Corps IV CorpsStrength 72,000–73,00048,950 to 50,600 infantrymen14,390 to 15,765 cavalrymen8,050 gunners and engineers7,232 gunners • 246–252 gunsTotal: 118,000–120,000 91,000 infantrymen21,500 cavalrymen7,500 gunners • 282–288 gunsWellington's army: approx. 68,000 soldiers 31,000 17,000 11,000 6,000 3,000 • 156 gunsBlücher's army: approx. 50,000 soldiers • 126 gunsCasualties and losses 26,000–27,000 • 25,000 killed or wounded • 8,000 captured (including 6–7,000 wounded)15,000 deserted after the battle 220 guns lostTotal: 24,000Wellington's army:17,000 • 3,500 killed • 10,200 wounded • 3,300 missingBlücher's army: 6,604–7,000 • 1,144–1,200 killed • 4,155–4,400 wounded • 1,305–1,400 missingBoth sides: ≥7,000 horses dead or woundedThe Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), being the last engagement with Napoleon I. The French Imperial Army under the command of Napoleon I was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition.
NapoleonEmperor of the French (1804–1814; 1815)BornNapoleone di Buonaparte(1769-08-15)15 August 1769Ajaccio, Corsica, FranceDied5 May 1821(1821-05-05) (aged 51)Longwood, Saint HelenaBurial15 December 1840Les Invalides, Paris, FranceSpousesJoséphine de Beauharnais (m. 1796; ann. 1810)Marie Louise of Austria (m. 1810; sep.
Les MisérablesLes Misérables (, French:) is a Frenchepichistorical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 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. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title.
Victor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages).
June RebellionThe June Rebellion, also called the Paris Uprising of 1832 (French: Insurrection républicaine à Paris en juin 1832), was an anti-monarchist insurrection of Parisian republicans on 5 and 6 June 1832.RevolutionaryA revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society. DefinitionThe term—both as a noun and adjective—is usually applied to the field of politics, but is also occasionally used in the context of science, invention or art.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.