![]() One of his victims was a woman named Francine, whom he assaulted more than once but who kept coming back to him, and even is believed to have helped him during one of his prison escapes. Her birth name is Euphrasie but she is referred to throughout her life as 'Cosette. She is the illegitimate daughter of Fantine and Félix Tholomyès. ![]() However, Vidocq was not quite the kindly father figure that Valjean became indeed, his crimes were not minor, like stealing a loaf of bread, but more on the order of assault and attempted murder. Cosette is one of the main protagonists in the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Also, he did at one time own a business, and at one time used his impressive strength to rescue a man from a runaway cart - both of which are depicted in the book. Further, he tried - and often failed - to reform himself later in his life, working with French authorities and is even seen as one of the fathers of modern criminology. Eugene Francois Vidocq did indeed do multiple stints in French prisons, and he escaped multiple times as well. ![]() In fact, according to The Mirror, Valjean was based on a real criminal that Victor Hugo once knew, although there are multiple differences between the book's hero and his inspiration. The hero of "Les Misérables" is Jean Valjean, a criminal who was horribly mistreated by the French justice system of the day for a minor crime, and later became a kindhearted father willing to sacrifice his life for another man he barely knew. ![]()
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