Éponine
| Éponine | |
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| Les Misérables character | |
Éponine intervenes to stop Patron-Minette robbing Valjean's home. | |
| Created by | Victor Hugo |
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| Nickname | Ponine |
| Gender | Female |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Nationality | French |
| Birth date | late 1816 |
| Death date | 5 June 1832 (aged 16–17) |
Éponine Thénardier (/ˌɛpəˈniːn təˈnɑːrdieɪ/ EP-ə-NEEN tə-NAR-dee-ay, French: [epɔnin tenaʁdje]), also referred to as "Ponine", the "Jondrette girl" and the "young working-man", is a fictional character in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
The character is introduced as a spoiled and pampered child, but appears later in the novel as a ragged and impoverished teenager who speaks in the argot of the Parisian streets, while retaining vestiges of her former charm and innocence.