# Brujon — Les Misérables character guide

> Brujon in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Brujon

**First appearance:** 0044-ii-first-sketch-of-two-unprepossessing-figures

## Who they are

A young, cunning member of the Patron-Minette gang.

## In the story

### [Composition of the Troupe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-composition-of-the-troupe)

Listed among the members of Patron-Minette, part of a criminal dynasty.

### [Composition of the Troupe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-composition-of-the-troupe)

Listed among the principal members of Patron-Minette, part of the criminal network.

### [Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of Prisons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-embryonic-formation-of-crimes-in-the-incubation-of-prisons)

Brujon, a cunning prisoner in La Force, writes a secret note about an affair in the Rue Plumet and sends it via a postilion to Babet.

### [Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of Prisons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-embryonic-formation-of-crimes-in-the-incubation-of-prisons)

A cunning prisoner at La Force who writes a coded note about an affair in the Rue Plumet and sends it via a 'postilion' to Babet, but the plot miscarries.

### [The Vicissitudes of Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-the-vicissitudes-of-flight)

A key planner of the escape, weaves a rope in punishment cell, speaks in barrier slang, and urges retreat.

### [III: The Vicissitudes of Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-the-vicissitudes-of-flight)

Plans the escape, weaves a rope, and coordinates with the gang from inside the prison.

### [A Cab Runs in English and Barks in Slang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-a-cab-runs-in-english-and-barks-in-slang)

Brujon, the oracle of the gang, decides to abandon the plan after Éponine's intervention.

### [A Cab Runs in English and Barks in Slang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-a-cab-runs-in-english-and-barks-in-slang)

Acts as an oracle among the gang; after deliberation, advises they abandon the plan.

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