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Joly
Joly
Biographical information
Also Known As

Jolllly

Gender

Male

Born

1805

Died

June 6, 1832 (aged 27)

Cause of Death

Shot at the barricades (novel and musical)

Relationships

Musichetta (mistress; shared with Lesgle)

Job

Member of Les Amis de l'ABC
Medical student

Behind the scenes
Portrayer

Christopher Beck
Dougie Carter
Darryl Knock
Jamie Muscato
Chris McCarrell

Gabriel Sidney Brown
Hugh Skinner
Caleb Lay

Joly was best known as the malade imaginaire of Les Amis de l'ABC. Joly is described as the happiest of all of the Friends despite his eccentricity and hypochondria. He is called "Jolllly" with four L's, a pun on the French word "ailes" which translates to "wings". As Jehan said, this spelling was so he "may fly away on your four L's."

He has the habit of touching his nose with the tip of his cane, which shows he has a sagacious mind. The morning of June 5, Joly dines with Lesgle and Grantaire before joining his fellows in building the barricade, despite having a cold. Joly dies alongside the other insurgents on the barricade during the June Rebellion.

Info[]

Joly is a medical student and a member of Les Amis de l'ABC. As a result of his medical training he is described as having learned more how to be a patient than a doctor. At twenty-three, he believed himself to be chronically ill and spent his life looking at his tongue in the mirror. He asserted that man was magnetized like the needle of a compass and in his room he positioned his bed with the head facing south and the foot facing north so that at night the circulation of his blood would not be impeded by the great magnetic current between the two poles of the globe. During thunder storms, he felt his pulse. Despite this, he is described as being a cheerful and agreeable person.

He is close friends with Lesgle, who usually lives with him. The two are described as having "everything in common, even Musichetta, to some extent."

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