# Gribier — Les Misérables character guide

> Gribier in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** this Gribier, gravedigger Gribier

**First appearance:** 0053-vii-fauchelevent-becomes-a-gardener-in-paris

## Who they are

The gravedigger who replaces Mestienne at the convent.

## Relationships

### [Jean Valjean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/characters/jean_valjean)

_professional_

Gribier is a gardener at the convent where Jean Valjean works, serving as a colleague in their daily labor.

### [Jean Valjean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/characters/jean_valjean)

_professional_

Gribier is a gardener at the convent where Jean Valjean works, serving as a colleague in their daily labor.

### [Jean Valjean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/characters/jean_valjean)

_professional_

Gribier is a gardener at the convent where Jean Valjean works, serving as a colleague in their daily labor.

## In the story

### [X: The Bishop in the Presence of an Unknown Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/x-the-bishop-in-the-presence-of-an-unknown-light)

The former member of the Convention, G——, is dying and defends his revolutionary past while seeking understanding from the Bishop.

### [Book VIII: Cemeteries Take That Which Is Committed Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-viii-cemeteries-take-that-which-is-committed-them)

The gravedigger who assists in the burial plot.

### [V: It Is Not Necessary to Be Drunk in Order to Be Immortal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/v-it-is-not-necessary-to-be-drunk-in-order-to-be-immortal)

The new gravedigger who replaces Father Mestienne. He is educated, sober, and refuses Fauchelevent's offers of drink, posing a serious threat to the escape plan.

### [VII: In Which Will Be Found the Origin of the Saying: Don’t Lose the Card](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-in-which-will-be-found-the-origin-of-the-saying-don-t-lose-the-card)

The gravedigger who loses his card to Fauchelevent's trick, later finds it returned and avoids a fine.

### [A Successful Interrogatory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/viii-a-successful-interrogatory)

The gravedigger who was spared a fine thanks to Fauchelevent's actions, adding to Fauchelevent's standing.

### [V: It Is Not Necessary to Be Drunk in Order to Be Immortal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/v-it-is-not-necessary-to-be-drunk-in-order-to-be-immortal)

The new gravedigger, a sober and educated man who refuses to drink and poses a threat to Fauchelevent's scheme.

### [VII: In Which Will Be Found the Origin of the Saying: Don’t Lose the Card](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-in-which-will-be-found-the-origin-of-the-saying-don-t-lose-the-card)

The gravedigger who is tricked into losing his card, leading to his inability to re-enter the cemetery and his eventual gratitude when Fauchelevent returns his tools.

### [A Successful Interrogatory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/viii-a-successful-interrogatory)

The gravedigger who was spared a fine by Fauchelevent, adding to Fauchelevent's success.

## Links

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