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Thenardier (Jondrette)
Thenardier’s eldest daughter, a spoiled, self-satisfied little girl at the inn in Montfermeil, but later a desperate waif who obeys her criminal father even though it appears that in other circumstances she could have been a morally upstanding person. Eponine will do anything for Marius, whom she’s in love with, but this love is compromised by Eponine’s jealousy.
Eponine Quotes in Les Miserables
The Les Miserables quotes below are all either spoken by Eponine or refer to Eponine. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Volume 3, Book 8
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The Jondrette lair was, if the reader recalls what we have said of the Gorbeau building, admirably chosen to serve as the theatre of a violent and somber deed, and as the envelope for a crime. It was the most retired chamber in the most isolated house on the most deserted boulevard in Paris. If the system of ambush and traps had not already existed, they would have been invented here.
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Eponine Quotes in Les Miserables
The Les Miserables quotes below are all either spoken by Eponine or refer to Eponine. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Volume 3, Book 8
Quotes
The Jondrette lair was, if the reader recalls what we have said of the Gorbeau building, admirably chosen to serve as the theatre of a violent and somber deed, and as the envelope for a crime. It was the most retired chamber in the most isolated house on the most deserted boulevard in Paris. If the system of ambush and traps had not already existed, they would have been invented here.
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Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
