# Tholomyès — Les Misérables character guide > Tholomyès in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. **Role:** minor **Also known as:** Félix Tholomyès, Félix, M. Félix Tholomyès **First appearance:** 0034-ii-a-double-quartette ## Who they are Fantine's wealthy, callous lover who abandons her. ## In the story ### [Volume I: Fantine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/volume-i-fantine) Fantine's lover who abandons her after a brief relationship, leaving her to raise their child alone. ### [In the Year 1817](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-iii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/book-iii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-tholomy-s-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-tholomy-s-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vi-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vi-a-chapter-in-which-they-adore-each-other) Drinking during the dinner gathering. ### [VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-the-wisdom-of-tholomy-s) Delivers a lengthy, witty, and drunken monologue on love, marriage, and moderation, displaying his rhetorical flair and cynicism. ### [VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-the-wisdom-of-tholomy-s) Delivers a long, drunken monologue on love, wine, and moderation, displaying his wit and cynicism. ### [VIII: The Death of a Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/viii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ix-a-merry-end-to-mirth) One of the signatories of the abandonment letter; his departure devastates Fantine. ### [IX: A Merry End to Mirth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xii-m-bamatabois-s-inactivity) Mentioned as an example of what such a provincial dandy would have been like had he stayed in his province. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/characters/tholomyes - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/characters