# The Young Girl — Germinal character guide

> The Young Girl in Germinal by Émile Zola.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the young girl

**First appearance:** 0001-germinal

## Who they are

A generic young female character in crowd or background scenes.

## Relationships

### [Toussaint Maheu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/characters/toussaint_maheu)

_social_

The Young Girl is a minor figure in the mining community, likely a child or young woman, known to Maheu.

### [Étienne Lantier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/characters/etienne_lantier)

_social_

The Young Girl is a minor character with whom Étienne has brief, inconsequential interactions in the village.

### [Étienne Lantier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/characters/etienne_lantier)

_social_

The Young Girl is a minor character with whom Étienne has brief, inconsequential interactions in the village.

### [Toussaint Maheu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/characters/toussaint_maheu)

_social_

The Young Girl is a minor figure in the mining community, likely a child or young woman, known to Maheu.

### [Toussaint Maheu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/characters/toussaint_maheu)

_social_

The Young Girl is a minor figure in the mining community, likely a child or young woman, known to Maheu.

### [Étienne Lantier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/characters/etienne_lantier)

_social_

The Young Girl is a minor character with whom Étienne has brief, inconsequential interactions in the village.

## Links

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