As a small child, she is left with the Thénardiers and their children, who horribly abuse her while indulging their own young daughters, Éponine and Azelma. Cosette 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. For this reason the picture of her sweeping the inn in the evening is often the image most associated as being singularly representative of the main themes of the book, and is used frequently on the cover. In a later chapter, Cosette eventually remembers her childhood—praying for the mother she never knew; the two ugly Thénardiers, and fetching them water somewhere "very far from Paris". of series1 No. Valjean replies, "through martyrdom". He asks Éponine to find her address for him, and she reluctantly agrees. The next day, Éponine (now dressed as a boy) finds Valjean in an embankment in the Several nights later, Marius is led to the barricades by Éponine, in hope that they will die together. As the orphaned child of an unmarried mother deserted by her father, Hugo never gives her a surname. of episodes6 Production Ex… After many weeks, Éponine finds their new home and takes him there. When Valjean takes notice of Marius’ affections, he sees him as a coward for not confronting him and seeking approval to court her. After Marius' six-month recovery from his wounds, he is reunited with Cosette. On Christmas Day, Valjean informs the Thénardiers that the real reason he is at the inn is because he wants to take Cosette with him. When Cosette and Marius finally meet again in Cosette's garden, they confess their love for each other and spend the rest of their lives together. Thénardier immediately agrees to this, but M. Thénardier pretends to have adoration for Cosette and acts reluctant to give her up. After Marius discovers their address, Valjean then takes Cosette away from the Luxembourg Gardens and moves to another house, in which he thought Marius was a hired spy by Marius spots Cosette again during a charitable visit she and Valjean make to the Thénardiers at Gorbeau House, beside his flat. He asks Éponine to find her new address for him, and she reluctantly agrees.

Marius asks him to leave him and Cosette. Her birth name is Euphrasie but she is referred to throughout her life as "Cosette." Les Misérables Based onLes Misérables by Victor Hugo Written byAndrew Davies Directed byTom Shankland Starring Dominic West David Oyelowo Lily Collins Adeel Akhtar Johnny Flynn Henry Lloyd-Hughes David Bradley Derek Jacobi Ron Cook Alan David Kathryn Hunter Olivia Colman Enzo Cilenti Josh O'Connor Ellie Bamber Erin Kellyman Joseph Quinn Donald Sumpter Turlough Convery Archie Madekwe ComposerJohn Murphy Country of originUnited Kingdom No.
Javert helps Valjean return Marius to his grandfather's house, and Valjean requests to be brought home to say goodbye to Cosette before being sent back to the galleys. He helps her and accompanies her back in the inn. They continue to meet in secret. On Christmas Eve of 1823, Madame Thénardier sends Cosette out into the woods to fetch a pail of water, and a reluctant Cosette obeys; she is terrified of the forest after dark. He sees how Éponine and Azelma are unkind to her, when they go to their mother and point at Cosette for "stealing" their doll. She is the illegitimate daughter of Fantine and Félix Tholomyès. When Marius finds out through Madame Thénardier that Valjean had saved him, Marius and Cosette go to Valjean, now on his deathbed. Directed by Tom Hooper. The dialogue between these two virtuous lovers is as unreal as their amorous behavior. Father and daughter start walking at Luxembourg Gardens, always in the same boulevard, avoiding people and the rest of the world.
However, Thénardier tries to swindle more money out of Valjean by running after them and telling Valjean that he has changed his mind and how he does not want to give Cosette away. When Cosette has a dream about her mother as an angel, she remarks that her mother must have been a saint. Les Misérables (2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The next morning, Valjean tells Marius of his criminal history. Stephanie Barbé Hammer writes that "Having served her function as a paternalizing figure, Cosette grows up into a silent, beautiful cipher".Now the love between these two is completely ethereal; the sex drive has been surgically removed so that their relationship can be purely one of feeling. They lodge at Valjean buys a house in Rue Plumet and hires a maid, Toussaint: the old villa faces a huge and wild garden, where Cosette plays on her own and discovers nature, with Valjean's delight. Now that Cosette is very beautiful and pleasant-looking, Marius changes his mind and grows fond of her, stalking them and sitting on the nearest bench at Luxembourg. The decision changes their lives forever. For this reason, the episodes where the two lovers talk to each other are the most artificial moments in the novel.However, in a novel of symbolism and metaphor, Cosette may also be seen as a symbol of hope in the world of Les Misérables, representing the rise of the oppressed and abused from darkness to a bright future. In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. Cosette is the unofficial sequel to Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables (surely the 1,463 page doorstop I had a number of books in mind for this ignominious award, terribly written ones full of cliches, or of characters who I wanted to brick up behind a wall like Poe’s Fortunato. At thirteen-years-old, Cosette was described to be noble-looking and beautiful: a wealth of chestnut hair that was flecked with gold, a perfectly fair complexion with a rosy flush in the cheeks, a marble-like forehead, an exquisite mouth the smile of which was like sunshine, and deep blue eyes with long chestnut lashes. While Marius, assuming the worst about Valjean's character, searches for the real origin of Cosette's money, Valjean loses the will to live and becomes bedridden. The next morning, Valjean tells Marius of his criminal past. See more ideas about Cosette les miserables, Les miserables, Miserable. Valjean anonymously places a gold Louis coin in her shoe. He also suspects that he wants to take advantage of the girl's innocence. She names her doll Catherine.

With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried. Valjean then offers them 1,500 francs, settling all of Fantine's debts, and he and Cosette leave the inn. I think I ship it now... Life after Valjean's Death and Cosette's Marriage to Marius:Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.