Fantine (Volume I)

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Fantine (Volume I) is the first section of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables, focusing on the tragic downfall of the impoverished young woman Fantine amid the social injustices of 19th-century France.

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Fantine (Volume I) canonical 1
Volume I: Fantine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
section of a novel ⓘ
author Victor Hugo ⓘ
containsEvent Fantine becomes a prostitute ⓘ
Fantine dismissed from Valjean’s factory ⓘ
Fantine sells her hair ⓘ
Fantine sells her teeth ⓘ
Fantine’s arrest by Javert ⓘ
Fantine’s illness and death ⓘ
Jean Valjean promises to care for Cosette ⓘ
Jean Valjean rescues Fantine from prison ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
focusesOn exploitation of the poor ⓘ
life of Fantine ⓘ
moral redemption ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
genre historical novel section ⓘ
social novel section ⓘ
hasWorkTitleInOriginalLanguage Fantine ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Cosette ⓘ
Fantine ⓘ
Javert ⓘ
Jean Valjean ⓘ
Madame Thénardier ⓘ
linked to: Thénardiers

Thénardier ⓘ
linked to: Thénardiers
narrativeRole depicts Fantine’s descent into poverty ⓘ
establishes conflict between Jean Valjean and Javert ⓘ
introduces Jean Valjean’s life as a factory owner ⓘ
shows Cosette’s early childhood with the Thénardiers ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Les Misérables ⓘ
partOfSeries Les Misérables volumes ⓘ
positionInSeries 1 ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
setInCity Montreuil-sur-Mer ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
setInCountry France ⓘ
setInTimePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
theme charity and compassion ⓘ
child abuse ⓘ
class inequality ⓘ
female suffering ⓘ
hypocrisy of society ⓘ
law and justice ⓘ
prostitution ⓘ
single motherhood ⓘ

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

Les Misérables → hasPart → Fantine (Volume I) ⓘ
Félix Tholomyès → appearsInPart → Volume I: Fantine ⓘ
linked to: Fantine (Volume I)