From Book To Film: Les Miserables - Does The Film Live Up To The Musical?

The Thenardier Crowd

Les Miserables We see the Thenardiers with a lot of guests and fellow criminals, but they actually had five children. Eponine is the only one acknowledged in the musical as being one of them. Did you know that Gavroche is the eldest son of that family? He is the middle child, with two younger brothers who live on the streets with him. (He lives inside an elephant statue outside the Bastille.) If you watch the Neeson/Rush version, these two are part of the storyline. We know that the Thenardiers show up to blackmail Marius, but you may not be aware that the wife died in prison before that in the book. The last of the family moved to America with their never-mentioned daughter and Monsieur Thenardier became a slave trader.
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That's Kaki pronounced like the pants, thank you very much, my family nickname and writing name. I am a Red Sox-loving, Doctor Who-quoting, Shaara-reading walking string quartet of a Mormon writer from Boston. I currently work 40 hours at a stressful desk job with a salary that lets me pick up and travel to places like Ireland or Philadelphia. I have no husband or kids, but I have five nephews to keep me entertained. When not writing, working or eating too much Indian food, I'm always looking for something new to learn, whether it's French or family history.