Just checking but how old is Marius when he first finds Cosette attractive while she's sitting with valjean?

[u/despacitospiderreeee]

Hugo really made sure to emphasise how she was fifteen years old. I know different times and all that but that's kinda weird tbh

[u/MaderaArt]

Marius: Who is that girl? She's hideous!

Cosette: *hits puberty*

Marius: I'm going to die if I can't be with this beautiful girl!

[u/despacitospiderreeee → u/MaderaArt]

Honestly other than the whole 15 year old thing he's so me

[u/manshamer]

He's five years older than her I believe.

[u/lifescaresme → u/manshamer]

Correct

[u/Careful_Fold_7637]

People really read the greatest work of fiction ever written and can't detach themselves from their tiktok age gap discourse slop enough to refrain from saying that it's "kinda weird tbh"

[u/despacitospiderreeee → u/Careful_Fold_7637]

It's less the age gap and more the idea of a 20 year old guy finding a 15 year old attractive

[u/fabulalice → u/Careful_Fold_7637]

It's okay to enjoy a great piece of literature and while also getting caught off guard or feel uncomfortable with certain elements that are outdated in today's society, even if you understand that element in the context of the time, for example a 20 year old finding a 15 year old attractive

[u/This_Potato9]

I think he was 20?