# Mother Plutarque — Les Misérables character guide

> Mother Plutarque in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mother

**First appearance:** 0032-book-iii-in-the-year-1817

## Who they are

M. Mabeuf's elderly housekeeper.

## In the story

### [IV: M. Mabeuf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-m-mabeuf)

M. Mabeuf's old spinster housekeeper, who reads romances aloud and is devoted to her cat Sultan.

### [IV: M. Mabeuf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-m-mabeuf)

M. Mabeuf's old spinster housekeeper, who reads aloud and has a cat named Sultan. She is simple and devoted.

### [Apparition to Father Mabeuf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-apparition-to-father-mabeuf)

Mabeuf's old servant, who is ill and bedridden, and has not been paid wages for fifteen months.

### [Apparition to Father Mabeuf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-apparition-to-father-mabeuf)

Mabeuf's elderly servant, who is ill and bedridden during the events.

### [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)

Mabeuf's housekeeper who scolds him about unpaid bills and later declares the purse 'has fallen from heaven.'

### [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)

Mabeuf's housekeeper who complains about unpaid bills and later declares the purse fell from heaven.

### [M. Mabeuf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-m-mabeuf)

M. Mabeuf's housekeeper, who falls ill and requires expensive medicine, prompting the sale of the last book.

### [M. Mabeuf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-m-mabeuf)

M. Mabeuf's housekeeper, who falls ill and requires expensive medicine, prompting the sale of the last book.

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