# Dahlia — Les Misérables character guide

> Dahlia in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Dahlia

**First appearance:** 0034-ii-a-double-quartette

## Who they are

One of Fantine's friends in Paris, a grisette.

## In the story

### [In the Year 1817](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-iii-in-the-year-1817)

A young woman in the group, Dahlia is portrayed as pretty and somewhat naive, caught up in the frivolity of the era.

### [In the Year 1817](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-iii-in-the-year-1817)

One of the four young women, companion to Listolier, portrayed as naive and easily pleased.

### [A Double Quartette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-a-double-quartette)

A mistress of Listolier, known for her pretty nails and drawn to idleness.

### [A Double Quartette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-a-double-quartette)

A mistress of Listolier, named after a flower. She is drawn to idleness and has pretty nails that she keeps from working.

### [Four and Four](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-four-and-four)

Completes the pair with Zéphine, both clinging to each other out of coquetry, with melancholy dawning in their demeanor.

### [Four and Four](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-four-and-four)

Completes Zéphine, with whom she never parts, also wearing her hair in rolls and adopting English poses, more from coquetry than friendship.

### [Tholomyès Is So Merry That He Sings a Spanish Ditty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-tholomy-s-is-so-merry-that-he-sings-a-spanish-ditty)

One of the four couples enjoying the day.

### [A Chapter in Which They Adore Each Other](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vi-a-chapter-in-which-they-adore-each-other)

Dahlia quietly questions Favorite about her feelings for Blachevelle, prompting Favorite's candid confession.

### [VI: A Chapter in Which They Adore Each Other](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vi-a-chapter-in-which-they-adore-each-other)

Humming and conversing with Favorite during the meal.

### [VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-the-wisdom-of-tholomy-s)

Mentioned by Tholomyès, who suggests she should call herself Rosa.

### [VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-the-wisdom-of-tholomy-s)

Mentioned by Tholomyès, who suggests she should call herself Rosa.

### [VIII: The Death of a Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/viii-the-death-of-a-horse)

Criticizes Fantine's sympathy for the horse, calling her foolish.

### [The Death of a Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/viii-the-death-of-a-horse)

Criticizes Fantine's sympathy for the horse, calling her foolish.

### [IX: A Merry End to Mirth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ix-a-merry-end-to-mirth)

Joins in the laughter and attributes the letter's idea to Tholomyès.

### [IX: A Merry End to Mirth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ix-a-merry-end-to-mirth)

Dahlia identifies Tholomyès as the likely author of the letter and joins in the laughter.

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