Cosette
Cosette is a French feminine name, familiar to English speakers primarily through Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables*, where Cosette is the mistreated orphan girl rescued by Jean Valjean.
The name has a literary, romantic quality: They named their daughter Cosette after the character.
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- ParisFrance's chief city
- FranceWestern European republic
- nineteenth centuryYears 1801-1900
Jean Valjean · Fantine · Javert · novel · classic · barricade · musical · Broadway
Abandoned child discovered
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
- wardProtected person; division
- parentlessHaving no mother or father
neglected · mistreated · servant · rags · bucket · well · rescued · adopted
Uncontaminated quality
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- guilelessFree from deceit
- gentleSoft and kind
wide-eyed · unworldly · sheltered · naive · trusting · tender · doll · garden
Sustained experience of distress
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- exploitationSelfish use of others
poverty · hunger · cold · labor · cruelty · sweeping · fireside · darkness
Deliverance from harm
- transformationThorough change in form
- rescueSave from harm
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
second chance · new life · love · hope · restoration · grace · light · purpose
Les Misérables
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- ParisFrance's chief city
- FranceWestern European republic
Jean Valjean · Fantine · Javert · nineteenth century · novel · classic · barricade · musical · Broadway · West End
foundling
Abandoned child discovered
parentless · neglected · mistreated · servant · rags · bucket · well · rescued · adopted · guardianship
purity
Uncontaminated quality
gentle · wide-eyed · unworldly · sheltered · naive · trusting · tender · doll · garden · convent
suffering
Sustained experience of distress
exploitation · poverty · hunger · cold · labor · cruelty · sweeping · fireside · darkness · fear
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- transformationThorough change in form
- rescueSave from harm
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
liberation · second chance · new life · love · hope · restoration · grace · light · purpose · promise
CosetteBeth March
cosset, cosseted, Nicole, cossets, Nicholas, cossetting, Colette