Summary of Cosette by Hugo
The story of the girl begins with a description of the ill-fated fate of her mother, who became a victim of deception. She was seduced and thrown by her beloved man, she had a girl, and now Fantina wanders with her child in the arms around the world in search of food and work. But who will hire a woman with such a burden? She happens to be near the tavern of Tenardieu’s spouses, who have three small children-two girls and a baby boy. During a conversation with innkeeper Fantina manages to persuade her to leave the girl with her on condition that she will send money every month for her maintenance. The greedy wife of Tenardieu was pleased with this opportunity to earn extra money. And they stayed with their little Cosette. hugo cosetta a concise summary of the biography of the little girl in the sheltered her house has no gleam. Evil Tenardie hated the child and believed, that she eats their children. Although the poor girl was eating scrap, she ate under the table with dogs and
Mother accurately sent the promised money, but the greedy masters were not enough, and they raised the fee several times. Poor Fantina resignedly obeyed all their demands, although she had to sell her luxurious hair, and then her teeth. From the age of five, Cosette became actually a servant in a tavern. The master’s daughters did not let her into their games anymore, and treated her like a servant too. Mother no longer sent money – she died of consumption and longing for her daughter. A hopeless orphan life-that was what Cosette was doomed to do. The summary of her misadventures is unlikely to fit in one description. The reader is confused in the soul of two feelings – pity for the child and resentment of human greed and anger. An unexpected turn in the fate of this Cinderella predetermined by the development of the plot Victor Hugo.
In one of the lazy late evenings the mistress sent the girl for water to a stream. The poor woman was terribly afraid of the dark, but even more afraid of the wrath of Mrs. Tenardieu. On the way, she stopped near the illuminated shop window and looked
“This is too heavy a burden for you, child,” said the stranger, “who sent you on such a night?” “Mrs. Tenardieu, the hostess of the inn,” Cosette said. He helped convey the bucket and went into the tavern. The hostess looked contemptuously at the poorly dressed old man, but invited him to sit at the table. After talking with her, the guest learned how Cosette got to them, a brief summary of their misfortunes and impoverishment through the fault of this gluttonous prizhivalka. Cosette was sitting under the table, and the moment the hostess’s daughter distracted herself from her rag doll, she crawled out and grabbed it. The woman’s anger fell on her head. Saved her stranger, who asked permission to take the orphan with him. The innkeeper was pleased, but Mr. Tenardieu intervened, who bargained: after all, he brought up this girl and is attached to her as to her own daughter, so that she does not agree to give her away just so. Unless for money. Finally came to an agreement. The stranger left the tavern and soon returned with the doll, the one she had admired in the window of Cosette. The innkeeper and her daughters nearly burst with anger.
She walked away from this evil house, her handle tightly held by an unfamiliar old man in rags. This is the summary.
Victor Hugo and his heroes The reader in this part of the novel can only guess that the life of a poor girl has made a turn for the better. Only then he learns that this poorly dressed stranger is none other than the former mayor, rebel and escaped convict, the benefactor of the outcast Jean Valjean. The fate of the girl thanks to him from now on is drastically changing. He takes care of her as a daughter, gives her education, at a difficult moment sacrifices his freedom to save her beloved. The history of the girl Cosette is yet to come.
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