Éponine

Also known as Eponine, Éponine Thénardier, Eponine Thenardier, The Jondrette girl

Éponine Thénardier ( , ), 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.

Key facts

Character.name: Éponine
Character.series: Les Misérables
Character.image: Les Misérables - Cab roule en anglais.jpg
Character.caption: Éponine intervenes to stop Patron-Minette robbing Valjean's home.
Character.creator: Victor Hugo
Character.nickname: Ponine
Character.gender: Female
Character.religion: Roman Catholic
Character.nationality: French
Character.lbl21: Birth date
Character.data21: late 1816
Character.lbl22: Death date

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Wikidata facts

Gender: female
Citizenship: France
Creator: Victor Hugo
Image: Death of Eponine - Les Miserables.jpg

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present in work: Les Misérables
name in native language: Éponine
Commons category: Éponine
date of death: 1832-06-05
date of birth: 1813-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

In the novel
Life in Montfermeil
Life in Paris
The attack at Gorbeau House
Marius, Cosette, and Éponine
Disguise
Death
Significance of the character
Name
Adaptations
In the musical
Differences in the musical
References
External links

Éponine Thénardier ( , ), 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Éponine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.