Who is cosette in les miserables

At Luxembourg Gardens, Cosette notices a handsome but miserable young student, Marius Pontmercy: she likes him and, as time goes by, when they look at each other every day in the park, she falls in love with him without knowing him; Marius instead still finds her ugly and badly dressed and does not even think about her.

Meanwhile, the girl finally begins flourishing and becomes as pretty as her mother, growing into an elegant and charming lady under Valjean's eyes, who is scared of losing his beloved child and dying alone. Even if she does not remember her childhood, Cosette brings the scars of Montfermeil anyway and develops a melancholic and pensive nature under her cheerful attitude.

Now that Cosette is very beautiful and pleasant-looking, Marius changes his mind and grows fond of her, stalking them and sitting on the nearest bench at Luxembourg. He also suspects that he wants to take advantage of the girl's innocence. After Marius discovers their address, Valjean then takes Cosette away from the Luxembourg Gardens and moves to another house, in which he thought Marius was a hired spy by Javert.

He idly watches Cosette for a few nights before approaching her. When Cosette and Marius finally meet again in Cosette's garden, they confess their love for each other and promise to spend the rest of their lives together. The relationship is briefly endangered when Valjeans wants to flee to England and Marius almost dies at the barricade, but after Valjean saves Marius the two meet again,. In February 16 of , Marius and Cosette are married.

The next morning, Valjean tells Marius of his criminal history. This leads Marius to believe Valjean is dangerous, and asks him to leave him and Cosette. Valjean wishes not to be permanently separated from Cosette, so Marius grants him a visit every evening. But slowly, he makes it clear that Valjean is not wanted in the house, so Valjean leaves and never comes back. Valjean then shares the last minutes of his life with Marius and Cosette, while Cosette learns from Valjean about her past and her mother Fantine.

At thirteen-years-old, Cosette was described to be noble-looking and beautiful: a wealth of chestnut hair that was flecked with gold, a perfectly fair complexion with a rosy flush in the cheeks, a marble-like forehead, an exquisite mouth the smile of which was like sunshine, and deep blue eyes with long chestnut lashes. Her figure was statuesque, slender but voluptuous. About Songs. About Victor Hugo. Wiki Rules Admin Team. Explore Wikis Community Central. Eventually, the strain of taking care of Cosette while looking for work proves too much for Fantine.

Big mistake. The guy has a lot of money and a lot of sympathy, so Cosette begins a new and much better life with him. After living in a convent with Valjean for several years, Cosette reemerges into the world as a young woman. One day, Cosette looks in the mirror and realizes she's pretty. She starts paying more attention to nice clothing and dresses, even though Valjean doesn't want her attracting much attention. While walking through the park, Cosette makes eye love with a young man named Marius and falls in love.

Months later, Marius finds out where she lives and leaves a love letter for her in her backyard garden. They manage to find refuge in the Petit-Pipus convent where they are discovered by Fauchelevent, the man Valjean saved before, who is the gardener.

He divisious a plan to have Valjean re-enter the convert as his brother by putting his body in a empty casket to be buried in the false tomb for one of the deceased sisters. During this time, Cosette waits at a fruit stand where she waits anxiously for her father to return.

She begins to believe that he abandoned her like her mother did until he arrives. They secretly re-enter the convert and Cosette becomes the newest student there. She is instantly flooded with admiration and attention from her peers and becomes instant friends with all of them, especially Charlotte , Beatrice , and Audrey. Five years pass and Cosette is now a beautiful young lady with a taste for freedom and adventure.

Despite how Mother Innocente had hopes that Cosette would join the nunnery, she allows her and Valjean to leave, stating that she wanted Cosette's happiness above anything else. After a tearful departure, Cosette and Valjean set off to live in upper-middle class Paris, where they perormm charitable deeds, such as volunteering at one of the churches, and helping the poorer citizens.

During a walk in the park, Cosette spots a young man named Marius who also notices her. This sets off a spark of romance that Valjean mistakes as an attempt to get him arrested which causes the family to move twice to avoid detection.

During one of the moves, she reconnects with Eponine who reveals that the reason that she was so bitter to Cosette as a child was because her mother was always there but didn't ultimately care about her while Cosette's mother loved her a great deal. With the reluctant help of Eponine, Marius and Cosette are able to meet in secret up until the Revolution.

During this event, Cosette is seen constantly praying for Marius's and Valjean's safe return. Months after the revolution, Marius and Cosette search for the former's benefactor who saved him at the barricade, but fail to locate him.

Later that day, Marius proposes to Cosette to which she accepts. After the wedding in February, Valjean suddenly dissapears. He is soon detected but is on his death bed, and summons Cosette and Marius at once.