# Nicolette — Les Misérables character guide

> Nicolette in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

The Gillenormand family's maid.

## In the story

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

Generic name given to all female servants in M. Gillenormand's house; a haughty cook named Olympie is renamed Nicolette.

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

Generic name given to all female servants in M. Gillenormand's house, including a haughty cook named Olympie who was renamed Nicolette.

### [End of the Brigand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-end-of-the-brigand)

Serves as chambermaid in Gillenormand's household after Magnon.

### [End of the Brigand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-end-of-the-brigand)

Serves as chambermaid in Gillenormand's household after Magnon.

### [Marble Against Granite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/viii-marble-against-granite)

Servant who retrieves Marius's belongings and inadvertently loses the medallion containing the colonel's paper.

### [Marble Against Granite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/viii-marble-against-granite)

The servant who retrieves Marius's coat and later inadvertently loses the medallion containing the colonel's letter.

### [VII: The Old Heart and the Young Heart in the Presence of Each Other](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-the-old-heart-and-the-young-heart-in-the-presence-of-each-other)

A domestic who helps support Gillenormand when he leans out the window calling for Marius.

### [The Grandfather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xii-the-grandfather)

Sews bandages for Marius's wounds.

### [The Grandfather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xii-the-grandfather)

Helps tear up linen and sew bandages for Marius's wounds.

### [II: Marius, Emerging from Civil War, Makes Ready for Domestic War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-marius-emerging-from-civil-war-makes-ready-for-domestic-war)

Uses a sheet as large as the ceiling for lint and is the object of M. Gillenormand's playful advances.

### [Marius Attacked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-marius-attacked)

Mentioned as having attended to Marius constantly during his illness.

### [II: Marius, Emerging from Civil War, Makes Ready for Domestic War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-marius-emerging-from-civil-war-makes-ready-for-domestic-war)

Uses a sheet as large as the ceiling for lint; M. Gillenormand tries to draw her onto his knee in his joy.

### [Marius Attacked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-marius-attacked)

Mentioned as having not left Marius for a moment during his illness.

### [III: They Recall the Garden of the Rue Plumet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-they-recall-the-garden-of-the-rue-plumet)

Sent by Cosette to check on Valjean; delivers his evasive reply.

### [III: They Recall the Garden of the Rue Plumet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-they-recall-the-garden-of-the-rue-plumet)

Sent by Cosette to check on Valjean; delivers his vague reply but misses his subtle remark about two days' absence.

### [I: Pity for the Unhappy, but Indulgence for the Happy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/i-pity-for-the-unhappy-but-indulgence-for-the-happy)

Nicolette is sent by Cosette to inquire after Jean Valjean's return from his supposed journey.

## Links

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