Les Misérables · Character

Babet

A member of the Patron-Minette criminal gang.

minor

Also known as Monsieur Babet

First appearance: ii first sketch of two unprepossessing figures

Babet shows up with force in Book VII: Patron Minette. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A cunning and experienced member of the gang.

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In Book VII: Patron Minette: A cunning and experienced member of the gang. Later, in Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and Montparnasse: A thin, learned, and versatile criminal who sold plaster busts, extracted teeth, and…

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Patron-Minette criminal gang
Main characters and revolutionaries
Minor characters and supporting figures

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Book VII: Patron Minette
A cunning and experienced member of the gang.
Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and Montparnasse
A thin, learned, and versatile criminal who sold plaster busts, extracted teeth, and abandoned his family to 'undertake Paris.'
Patron Minette
Babet is a member of Patron Minette, known for his cunning and role in the gang's operations.
Composition of the Troupe
A key member of Patron-Minette, part of the four-headed criminal enterprise.
Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and Montparnasse
A thin, learned criminal who was a jack of all trades, including dental artist and vendor of plaster busts, and who reads the papers.
Composition of the Troupe
One of the four principal members of Patron-Minette, charged with organizing ambushes in the Seine department.
Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of Prisons
Babet, one of the heads of Patron Minette, receives Brujon's note in solitary confinement and later reports back that the plan is a 'biscuit' (nothing to be done).
Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of Prisons
One of the heads of Patron Minette, receives Brujon's note in prison but ultimately learns from Éponine's report that the plan is unworkable.
The Vicissitudes of Flight
Speaks in classic Temple slang, advises abandoning Thénardier, and participates in the escape plot.
III: The Vicissitudes of Flight
Part of the escape gang, speaks in classical slang, debates abandoning Thénardier.
A Cab Runs in English and Barks in Slang
Babet is among the six criminals, noting a light in the house, but leaves after Brujon's decision.
A Cab Runs in English and Barks in Slang
Part of the gang; notes a light in the house and later agrees to leave.

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See Babet in Book VII: Patron Minette