Tholomyès

Volume I: Fantine

Fantine's lover who abandons her after a brief relationship, leaving her to raise their child alone.

In the Year 1817

The leader of the four young men, Tholomyès is a wealthy, cynical student who treats his relationship with Fantine as a game.

In the Year 1817

A wealthy, cynical student who leads the group of young men and treats his mistress Fantine with casual indifference.

A Double Quartette

The witty, aging student leader of the group, with an income of four thousand francs; he proposes a surprise outing for the women.

A Double Quartette

The leader of the four students, a witty but aging and dilapidated man of thirty with an income of four thousand francs. He plans a surprise for the women.

Four and Four

Dominates the group with his joviality and dictatorial air, wearing fashionable trousers and smoking a cigar, treated with veneration by the others.

Four and Four

Dominates the group with his joviality and dictatorial air. He wears distinctive nankeen trousers with copper wire straps, carries a rattan cane, and smokes a cigar, earning veneration from the others.

Tholomyès Is So Merry That He Sings a Spanish Ditty

Leads the group, sings a Spanish ditty, and promises a surprise.

Tholomyès Is So Merry That He Sings a Spanish Ditty

Leads the merry group, sings a Spanish ditty, and promises a surprise.

A Chapter in Which They Adore Each Other

Tholomyès is present and drinking during the dinner conversation.

VI: A Chapter in Which They Adore Each Other

Drinking during the dinner gathering.

VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès

Delivers a lengthy, witty, and drunken monologue on love, marriage, and moderation, displaying his rhetorical flair and cynicism.

VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès

Delivers a long, drunken monologue on love, wine, and moderation, displaying his wit and cynicism.

VIII: The Death of a Horse

Leads the conversation with playful philosophical remarks and announces a surprise for the women.

The Death of a Horse

Leads the conversation with witty remarks and philosophical musings, then orchestrates the surprise for the ladies.

IX: A Merry End to Mirth

One of the signatories of the abandonment letter; his departure devastates Fantine.

IX: A Merry End to Mirth

Tholomyès is one of the signatories of the abandonment letter; he and his friends have left the women behind.

I: One Mother Meets Another Mother

Fantine's former lover who abandoned her and their child; later becomes a wealthy lawyer.

I: One Mother Meets Another Mother

Fantine's former lover who abandoned her and their child; later becomes a wealthy lawyer.

M. Bamatabois’s Inactivity

Mentioned as an example of what such a provincial dandy would have been like had he stayed in his province.