# The Magnon — Les Misérables character guide

> The Magnon in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Magnon, This Magnon

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

## Who they are

A woman who falsely claims to be the mother of the Thénardiers' sons.

## In the story

### [VI: In Which Magnon and Her Two Children Are Seen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vi-in-which-magnon-and-her-two-children-are-seen)

The woman who brings the children to M. Gillenormand, claiming he is the father, and receives monthly payments for their care.

### [Basque and Nicolette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/v-basque-and-nicolette)

Mentioned as one of the Nicolette-named servants, to be discussed later.

### [VI: In Which Magnon and Her Two Children Are Seen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vi-in-which-magnon-and-her-two-children-are-seen)

A woman who brings two children to M. Gillenormand, claiming he is the father; she receives monthly payments for their maintenance.

### [Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of Prisons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-embryonic-formation-of-crimes-in-the-incubation-of-prisons)

Magnon acts as a go-between, transmitting Brujon's note from the Salpêtrière to Éponine, and later receives a biscuit indicating the plan is abandoned.

### [Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of Prisons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-embryonic-formation-of-crimes-in-the-incubation-of-prisons)

A woman suspected by police who acts as a go-between, passing Brujon's note from the Salpêtrière to Éponine and receiving her report.

### [The Malicious Playfulness of the Wind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/i-the-malicious-playfulness-of-the-wind)

Takes the Thénardier boys to replace her own deceased children, receiving monthly payments from M. Gillenormand and paying Thénardier a fee.

### [I: The Malicious Playfulness of the Wind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/i-the-malicious-playfulness-of-the-wind)

Takes the Thénardier boys to replace her own deceased children, receiving monthly payments from M. Gillenormand; later arrested in a police raid.

### [How from a Brother One Becomes a Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xvi-how-from-a-brother-one-becomes-a-father)

The children were leased out to her.

### [How from a Brother One Becomes a Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xvi-how-from-a-brother-one-becomes-a-father)

The children were leased out to her before becoming abandoned.

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