#now to research any potential meaning behind these disused names >:)
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The altered names and descriptors of Patron-Minette’s rogues from 1847 to the formal publication of Les Misérables:
[Source, Le Manuscrit des Misérables by Guy Robert and René Journet]
The extract at the end of this passage reads [amateur translation]: “All these changes, brought about by the introduction of the Patron-Minette quartet into the novel, and the belated identification of Le Cabuc with Claquesous, were made late in 1861.”
It is so interesting to me that the dedicated chapter introducing Patron-Minette’s four ringleaders came about at a much later point in Hugo’s drafting of the novel, and it is fascinating to see the restyled names (and added/cut characters) evolve over time.
I’ve been struggling to decipher the earliest names of Patron-Minette’s criminals in Hugo’s handwritten manuscript for quite some time now (particularly during the section focussed at La Force), and I’m overjoyed to have finally found a source that can provide further information about the original titles for these characters!
#patron minette#patron-minette#les miserables#les mis#the brick#FINALLY I now have confirmation that Claquesous was once ‘Ferréol’— I’d seen it written in the original manuscript but couldn’t decipher it!#I love that Montparnasse came into existence at such a late point in Hugo’s drafting#now to research any potential meaning behind these disused names >:)#the original manuscript#cut content
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