21 Facts About Fantine

Fantine's is a young grisette in Paris who becomes pregnant by a rich student.

Originally a beautiful and naive girl, Fantine is eventually forced by circumstances to become a prostitute, selling her hair and front teeth, losing her beauty and health.

Fantine's was first played in the musical by Rose Laurens in France, and when the musical came to England, Patti LuPone played Fantine in the West End.

Fantine's has been portrayed by many actresses in stage and screen versions of the story and has been depicted in works of art.

Fantine is passionately in love with Felix Tholomyes, one of a quartet of students.

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Fantine's asks them to care for Cosette when she sees their daughters Eponine and Azelma playing outside.

Fantine's is unaware that the letters they send to her requesting financial help for Cosette are their own fraudulent way to extort money from her for themselves.

Fantine begins to work at home, earning twelve sous a day while Cosette's lodging costs ten.

Fantine's rarely goes out, fearing the disgrace she would face from the townspeople.

Fantine's later takes on a lover, only for him to beat her and then abandon her.

Fantine's begs to be let go, but Javert sentences her to six months in prison.

Valjean comes to find out the reasons Fantine became a prostitute and why she attacked Bamatabois.

Fantine feels sorry for the innocent Fantine and Cosette, and tells her that he will retrieve Cosette for her.

Fantine sends Fantine to the hospital, as she is suffering from tuberculosis.

Fantine's asks about Cosette, and the doctor lies to her saying that Cosette is at the hospital but cannot see Fantine until her health improves.

Fantine's is appeased by this, and even mistakenly thinks that she hears Cosette laughing and singing.

Fantine realizes that Cosette was never retrieved and frantically asks where she is.

Javert impatiently yells at Fantine to be silent, and additionally, tells her Valjean's true identity.

Fantine has been interpreted as a holy prostitute figure who becomes a quintessential mother by sacrificing her own body and dignity for the purpose of securing the life of her child.

Fantine's is an example of what has been called "the cliche of the saved and saintly prostitute that pervades nineteenth-century fiction", which is found in the writings of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy and Charles Dickens.

Since the original publication of Les Miserables in 1862, the character of Fantine has been in a large number of adaptations in numerous types of media based on the novel, including books, films, musicals, plays, and games.