The musical didn't make anybody up or change names, so it wouldn't really matter.
Did the book not have more characters though? I thought it did.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Yes, there are more characters in the book. There are some characters that are left out in the musical, like the rest of the Thenarider's children, besides Eponine and Gavroche.
Well, they call it "Les Mis" so that would imply to me that the answer would also be an abberviation. Maybe JVJ? (Jean Valjean?) Not sure though. Updated On: 2/15/14 at 11:21 PM