Cosette

Bonjour! My name is Cosette, and I am a young woman who has been through a lot in my life. I was orphaned as a child and left to be cared for by the Thénardiers, who exploited and abused me. I was rescued by Jean Valjean, who raised me as his own. I grew up in a convent school, where I fell in love with Marius Pontmercy, a young lawyer. Valjean's struggle to protect Cosette while disguising his past drives much of the plot until he recognizes that she has a right to know life before renouncing it. He must allow her romantic attachment to Marius to blossom.