Posts Tagged “Éponine”

Sunday in the Park with Fantine We meet Fantine when she's carefree and still with Cosette's father; the Thenardiers on a day when they look ALMOST respectable; the mysterious M.Madeleine.
Escape from Montfermeil It takes 45 pages to get Cosette away from the Thenardiers. It's not complicated, just very, very detailed. Also: They're NOT comic relief, even remotely.
Ambush in the Slums Marius meets his wretched neighbors, the Thenardiers, who try to extort money from Jean Valjean and Cosette. A tense standoff is interrupted by Javert.
Just a Lark Marius withdraws from the world and tries to contact Cosette telepathically. The gang is arrested, but accidentally points Eponine to the Rue Plumet.
A Revolting Development The day of the barricade arrives, and the revolt is much bigger than the show makes it look. Gavroche is having a blast running around singing and pranking.
Hey Barricade, Who’s in Charge Here? Initial skirmishes on the barricade, the first deaths, Marius' suicide mission, Gavroche pushing things a bit too far, and Valjean reaching another crisis.
Revisiting the Movie Musical After Re-Reading the Novel I liked the film of Les Misérables better on second viewing, and also was able to see just how much they brought in from the novel.
Agency: Cosette vs. Éponine vs. Florence Listening to Judy Kuhn as Florence in Chess made me think about how she differs from Cosette in Les Misérables, and what sets Cosette apart from Éponine.
“On My Own,” Mis-translated Google Translate Sings returns to Les Misérables with On My Own, run through several layers of machine translation with hilarious results.
Wretched in Every Sense of the Word Their parents may be terrible people, but Éponine and Azelma don’t deserve it. You can see why Gavroche left. He and the younger brothers are better off on the streets.
Now I Remember… We don't see much of Éponine's viewpoint in the book, and she doesn't talk much about what's going on in her head either.
Aftermath of an Ambush No one gets out of the extortion attempt unscathed. Everyone's worse off. But a tiny moment with Éponine and Mabeuf calls back to the original well scene.
The Bubble Bursts Marius and Cosette are seriously caught up in each other. They don't notice the attempted robbery. They don't even notice a cholera epidemic.
Let’s Go Build a Barricade Nobody realizes that Éponine is a girl dressed as a boy, even Courfeyrac, who thinks the boy asking about Marius looks like a girl dressed as a boy.
Hitting the Fan A gripping description of Paris under siege. Mabeuf's BSOD leads to him being the first casualty. And then, everything happens at once.
Jealousy Éponine literally arranges to get Marius killed because he rejected her. And arranges to die herself, because she has no hope for her future.
Undermined Thoughts on the Patron Minette/Jondrette episode of the Les Mis Reading Companion podcast.