Éponine Thénardier is a character in the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. She is the eldest daugter of her parents, Monsieur and Madame Thénardier and is spoiled as a young kid. As she gets older she partipates in her father's crimes. She meets Marius Pontmercy and soon falls in love with him. Éponine’s childhood- Éponine is first introduced as a toddler in Montfermeil, France in 1818. Her parents, Monsieur and Madame Thénardier, run their own business as innkeepers. When Éponine first meet