Enjolras

Enjolras (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃ʒolʁas]) is a fictional character who acts as the charismatic leader of the Friends of the ABC in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. In both the novel and the musical that it inspired, Enjolras is a revolutionary who fights for a France with more rights for the poor and oppressed masses, ultimately dying for his beliefs in the June 1832 rebellion.

Description

Physical

Enjolras is described as "a charming young man who was capable of being terrible" and as "Antinous wild". He is said to have the appearance of a seventeen-year-old girl, with "long fair lashes, blue eyes, hair flying in the wind, rosy cheeks, pure lips, and exquisite teeth".

Political and moral

Enjolras is a republican, whose views are significantly shaped by the Montagnards of the French Revolution. The "divine right" of revolution that he expresses is said to go "as far as Robespierre," and Hugo declares that "in the Convention, he would have been Saint Just." His social philosophy is influenced by that of Jean-Jacques Rousseau; whom he declares himself to "admire," in particular by Rousseau's Social Contract.