Les Misérables · Character

Zéphine

One of Fantine's friends in Paris, a grisette.

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First appearance: A Double Quartette

Zéphine shows up with force in In the Year 1817. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The fourth of the young women, Zéphine is part of the carefree circle, enjoying the pleasures of youth.

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In In the Year 1817: The fourth of the young women, Zéphine is part of the carefree circle, enjoying the pleasures of youth. Later, in In the Year 1817: A lively and playful young woman, mistress to Fameuil, part of…

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Fantine's Parisian circle
Main characters and revolutionaries

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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In the Year 1817
The fourth of the young women, Zéphine is part of the carefree circle, enjoying the pleasures of youth.
In the Year 1817
A lively and playful young woman, mistress to Fameuil, part of the carefree quartet.
A Double Quartette
A mistress of Fameuil, who won him over with her roguish and caressing manner.
A Double Quartette
A mistress of Fameuil, known for her roguish and caressing manner. She is one of the more philosophical young women.
Four and Four
One of the four young women, she and Dahlia are described as beautiful and coquettish, with hair dressed in rolls, adopting English poses.
Four and Four
One of the four young women, she clings to Dahlia and assumes English poses, with her hair dressed in rolls, reflecting the emerging melancholy of the era.
Tholomyès Is So Merry That He Sings a Spanish Ditty
One of the four couples enjoying the day.
A Chapter in Which They Adore Each Other
Zéphine is laughing during the meal.
VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès
Addressed by Tholomyès in his speech, described as having an irregular face.
VII: The Wisdom of Tholomyès
Addressed by Tholomyès in his speech as one of the grisettes present.
The Death of a Horse
Participates in the conversation about dining establishments.
IX: A Merry End to Mirth
Finds the situation 'droll' and participates in the mock celebration of Tholomyès.
IX: A Merry End to Mirth
Zéphine finds the situation 'very droll' and laughs along with the others.

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