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Les Misérables · Character

Joly

A hypochondriac medical student and revolutionary.

minor

First appearance: book iii in the year 1817

Joly shows up with force in A Group Which Barely Missed Becoming Historic. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Listed among the principal members of the Friends of the A.B.C.
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In A Group Which Barely Missed Becoming Historic: Listed among the principal members of the Friends of the A.B.C. Later, in The Back Room of the Café Musain: Playing dominoes with Bahorel and discussing his love for…

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Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Marius’s psychological peak occurs as he is overwhelmed by a “whirlwind” of confusion, realizing that his pers…

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