1. The document provides a summary of characters from Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables. It includes the protagonist Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who reforms his life and cares for the orphan Cosette. It also includes Inspector Javert, who pursues Valjean, and Monseigneur Myriel, the bishop who helps reform Valjean. Additional characters summarized are Fantine and her daughter Cosette, the unscrupulous innkeepers the Thenardiers, and student revolutionaries including Enjolras, Combeferre, and Courfeyrac.

1. 1. Jean Valjean Ex-convict still pursued by the law, who strives for moral
perfection and achieves a kind of sainthood in his love for the little
orphan Cosette. He is also known as M. Madeleine and M. Leblanc.

2. 2. Inspector Javert An incorruptible policeman. He makes it his life's work
to track down Jean Valjean.

3. 3. Monseigneur Charles François-Bienvenu Myriel Saintly bishop whose
compassionate treatment causes the reformation of the ex-convict
Valjean. He is also called "M. Bienvenu."

4. 4. Fantine A beautiful girl of unknown parentage who comes to Paris at the
age of fifteen. She falls in love with Tholomyès and bears an illegitimate
child, Cosette. Forced to give up her child, Fantine is crushed and
ultimately destroyed by adversity.
5. The Poor (beggars) (7)

5. 6. The workers (6)
7. The head of Fantine’s factory

6. 8. Young Cosette Illegitimate daughter of Fantine, originally named
Euphrasie. She has a wretched childhood as the ward of the brutal
innkeeper Thénardier but later finds happiness in Valjean's devoted care
and in the love of a young man.

7. 9. Old Cosette

8. 10.Thénardier An evil innkeeper who mistreats Cosette during her
childhood, lures Valjean into an ambush, and commits various other
crimes. He is also known as Jondrette and Fabantou.
11.Mme. Thénardier A virago whose sweeping malevolence spares only
her husband and her two daughters.

9. 12.The drunk men (7)
13.Two elegant men

10. 14.Young Eponine Older daughter of the Thénardiers. As a child she is
spoiled at Cosette's expense; later she becomes a ragged, hungry
adolescent. Her love for Marius first endangers, then saves his life.

11. 15.Old Eponine

12. 16.Marius Pontmercy An idealistic student who falls passionately in love
with Cosette and later marries her.

13. 17.Gavroche The Thénardiers' oldest son, a typical Paris gamin. He dies
heroically at the barricades in the revolution of 1832.

14. 18.Enjolras An uncompromising political radical who dies courageously as
the leader of a group of student insurrectionists.
19.Grantaire Enjolras' friend. He is a drunken cynic who redeems a useless
existence by sharing Enjolras' death before a firing squad.

15. 20.Combeferre Friend of Enjolras and second in command of the student
insurrectionists.
21.Courfeyrac A student. With Enjolras and Combeferre, he helps incite
and lead the insurrection.

16. 22.Jean Prouvaire A friend of Enjolras and one of the group of
revolutionaries. He is rich, sensitive, and intelligent.
23.Feuilly A self-taught worker, and an ardent insurrectionist

17. 24.The People ( a lot)