Thénardiers

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antagonists fictional character duo innkeepers literary characters

The Thénardiers are a cruel and exploitative innkeeping couple in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" who abuse and extort the child left in their care.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Thénardier	9
Madame Thénardier	6
Azelma Thénardier	1
Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (stage)	1
Thénardier family	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	antagonists ⓘ fictional character duo ⓘ innkeepers ⓘ literary characters ⓘ
abuses	Cosette NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptedIn	Les Misérables (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Misérables (various film adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ
alias	Jondrette family NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Les Misérables NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWith	Jean Valjean NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
createdBy	Victor Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ
demandsMoneyFor	Cosette's upkeep ⓘ
extortsFrom	Jean Valjean NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalLocation	Montfermeil NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	1862 ⓘ
genre	historical novel characters ⓘ
hasChild	Azelma Thénardier NERFINISHED ⓘ Gavroche NERFINISHED ⓘ Unnamed younger sons ⓘ Éponine Thénardier NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthicalSignificance	example of vice and selfishness ⓘ
hasThemeRelation	exploitation ⓘ injustice ⓘ poverty ⓘ
involvedIn	Paris criminal underworld ⓘ attempted robbery of Jean Valjean ⓘ
languageOfWork	French ⓘ
literaryPeriod	19th-century French literature ⓘ
member	Madame Thénardier NERFINISHED ⓘ Monsieur Thénardier NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralAlignment	corrupt ⓘ
nationality	French (fictional) ⓘ
notableFor	cruelty ⓘ exploitation of children ⓘ greed ⓘ
occupation	criminals ⓘ innkeepers ⓘ
pretendsToCareFor	Cosette NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	Les Misérables (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	moral degradation ⓘ social corruption ⓘ
roleInMusical	comic relief villains ⓘ
setDuring	July Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ post-Napoleonic France NERFINISHED ⓘ
songAssociated	Master of the House NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatsAsServant	Cosette NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fantine → entrustsChildTo → Thénardiers ⓘ

Fantine → exploitedBy → Thénardiers ⓘ

Éponine → familyName → Thénardiers ⓘ