# Montparnasse — Les Misérables character guide

> Montparnasse in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

A young, elegant member of the Patron-Minette criminal gang.

## In the story

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

A dandyish member of Patron Minette, known for his elegance and ruthlessness.

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

A young, handsome, and elegantly dressed criminal, driven by vanity to murder, with numerous corpses in his past.

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

Montparnasse is identified as a member of Patron Minette, a dangerous and stylish criminal who operates within the gang's network.

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

One of the four principal ruffians of Patron-Minette, involved in organizing ambushes.

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

A handsome, effeminate young criminal under twenty, known for robbery and murder, driven by a desire to be well-dressed.

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

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

### [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)

Montparnasse escapes Javert by leading Éponine away from the boulevard, preferring her company over the criminal enterprise.

### [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)

Escaped Javert by leading Éponine away from the scene, preferring to spend time with her rather than remain with the criminals.

### [Mother Plutarque Finds No Difficulty in Explaining a Phenomenon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-mother-plutarque-finds-no-difficulty-in-explaining-a-phenomenon)

A criminal figure who passes by the garden; Gavroche pickpockets him while he is distracted.

### [Mother Plutarque Finds No Difficulty in Explaining a Phenomenon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-mother-plutarque-finds-no-difficulty-in-explaining-a-phenomenon)

A criminal figure walking elegantly but lost in thought, Montparnasse is unaware that Gavroche picks his pocket.

### [In Which Little Gavroche Extracts Profit from Napoleon the Great](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-in-which-little-gavroche-extracts-profit-from-napoleon-the-great)

A criminal who meets Gavroche on the street, warns him of a nearby police sergeant using slang, and then departs.

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

Leads the escape attempt, fetches Gavroche to climb the flue, and shows loyalty to Thénardier.

### [In Which Little Gavroche Extracts Profit from Napoleon the Great](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-in-which-little-gavroche-extracts-profit-from-napoleon-the-great)

Montparnasse meets Gavroche on the street, warns him of a police sergeant using coded slang, and then departs.

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

Part of the escape gang, fetches Gavroche to help Thénardier.

### [A Cab Runs in English and Barks in Slang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-a-cab-runs-in-english-and-barks-in-slang)

Montparnasse is part of the gang and threatens violence, but ultimately leaves with the others.

### [A Cab Runs in English and Barks in Slang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-a-cab-runs-in-english-and-barks-in-slang)

One of the six men; threatens violence but is persuaded by Éponine to leave.

### [Book II: The Intestine of the Leviathan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-ii-the-intestine-of-the-leviathan)

Montparnasse is shown as a member of the criminal gangs, illustrating the allure and violence of the underground life.

### [Book II: The Intestine of the Leviathan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-ii-the-intestine-of-the-leviathan)

Montparnasse appears as a member of the criminal underworld, involved in the dark activities that define the 'intestine' of Paris.

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