The Thénardiers are in a novel by Victor Hugo called Les Miserables.
Javert ( [ ʒavɛʁ ] ) is a fictional character , the primary antagonist of Victor Hugo 's 1862 novel Les Misérables . Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo 's 1862 novel Les Misérables . Thénardiers . They serve , alongside Javert , as one of the two arch-nemeses of the story 's protagonist , Jean Valjean .