# Fantine — Les Misérables character guide

> Fantine in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** little Fantine, poor Fantine

**First appearance:** 0033-i-the-year-1817

## Who they are

A young woman forced into prostitution to support her daughter Cosette.

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