# Gueulemer — Les Misérables character guide

> Gueulemer in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Guelemer, Monsieur Guelemer

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

## Who they are

A strong, brutish member of the Patron-Minette gang.

## In the story

### [Book VII: Patron Minette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-vii-patron-minette)

A brutish and strong member of Patron Minette.

### [Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and Montparnasse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-babet-gueulemer-claquesous-and-montparnasse)

A brutish, idle Hercules of immense strength, an assassin through coolness, with a low brow and wild boar-like beard.

### [Patron Minette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-vii-patron-minette)

Gueulemer is a member of Patron Minette, characterized by his brute strength and involvement in the gang's violent activities.

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

One of the four ruffians forming the core of Patron-Minette.

### [Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and Montparnasse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-babet-gueulemer-claquesous-and-montparnasse)

A massive, brutish Hercules of a man, an assassin through coolness, with a low brow and a wild boar's beard.

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

A key member of Patron-Minette, part of the four-headed criminal entity.

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

Silent but recognizable by his huge shoulders, assists in the escape attempt.

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

Part of the escape gang, assists in the rescue attempt.

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