# Favorite — Les Misérables character guide

> Favorite in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** O Favorite

**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)

One of the four mistresses, Favorite is the most experienced and worldly, often leading the group's conversations.

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

The worldly and witty mistress of Tholomyès, who orchestrates the group's amusements and comments on their relationships.

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

One of the four mistresses, named for having been in England; she is more experienced and worldly, with a complicated family background.

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

One of the four mistresses, named for having been in England. She is more experienced and worldly, with a complicated family history.

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

The oldest of the young women, she presides over the merrymaking with a spirited, faun-like energy and writes the invitation for the outing.

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

The oldest of the women at twenty-three, she is Blachevelle's friend and leads the merrymaking with a faun-like spirit. She wrote the letter to Tholomyès that prompted the outing.

### [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)

Comments on Fantine's demeanor and repeatedly asks for the surprise.

### [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)

Acrimonious toward Fantine's reserve, repeatedly demands the surprise.

### [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)

Favorite declares her love for Blachevelle but later confides to Dahlia that she actually detests him and is infatuated with a poor actor neighbor.

### [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)

Professes adoration for Blachevelle but later confides to Dahlia that she detests him and is infatuated with a poor actor neighbor.

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

Listens attentively to Tholomyès and is addressed by him with flattery and mock-poetic praise.

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

Listens attentively to Tholomyès and comments on his name; is mistakenly embraced by him.

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

Engages in the banter, prefers Bombarda's luxury, and eagerly anticipates the surprise.

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

Engages in the debate about restaurants and eagerly anticipates the surprise.

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

Dismisses the abandonment as a 'pretty farce' and shows a cynical, worldly attitude.

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

Favorite is the first to break the silence after reading the letter, calling it a 'pretty farce'; she shows a cynical, worldly attitude.

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