Eponine's mother sends her to the main room to rob their patrons who won't suspect a small child of picking pockets. Lots of rain meant their inn was full of customers and a chance for her parents to get rich. She loved to watch the rain from her bedroom window. Eponine was protective of her younger sister. With that money her parents bought the damp inn on the ruelle du Boulanger in Montfermeil, naming it the Sergeant of Waterloo.Ī sister Azelma was soon born. When her father returned home from war he was rich off the money and items he plundered from the dead. Because Eponine's mother likes girls she decides to keep the baby. She's also remembering her childhood in Montfermeil, a small village outside of Paris.Įponine was born in 1815 in a hayfield to Madame Thenardier while her father Luc fought in the Battle of Waterloo. She's remembering Marius and the first time she saw him. With blood everywhere, she knows she is dying. Eponine lies in front of the barricades, having been shot in an attempt to save Marius from being shot. The novel opens on the Rue de la Chanvrerie. She is often considered Hugo's most interesting. The character of Eponine is one of the more popular in both the novel and the various musicals performed in recent years. Fletcher's story is loosely based on the events in the novel, although they occur in a somewhat different manner. And in this way, we carry on.'Ī Little In Love tells the story of Eponine Thenardier from Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.

We become stories that are spoken of, for always. Footprints in the dust and fingerprints on everything we've touched, warmth in every hand we've held. A bird in flight will lose a snow-white feather, and flowers in the hedgerows will drop their petals.

A little in love by susan fletcher