Les Misérables

✒ Author	Victor Hugo
📖 Pages	2790
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💡 Originally published	1862
🌏 Original language	French
📌 Type	Novels
📌 Genres	Drama, Historical, Adventure, Prose, Psychological, Realism, Social
📌 Sections	Historical novel , Adventure novel , Psychological novel , Realistic novel , Social novel

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VOLUME I	1
BOOK FIRST — A JUST MAN	1
CHAPTER I — M. MYRIEL	1
CHAPTER II — M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME	7
CHAPTER III — A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP	16
CHAPTER IV — WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS	20
CHAPTER V — MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG	34
CHAPTER VI — WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM	39
CHAPTER VII — CRAVATTE	49
CHAPTER VIII — PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING	56
CHAPTER IX — THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER	64
CHAPTER X — THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT	71
CHAPTER XI — A RESTRICTION	95
CHAPTER XII — THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME	103
CHAPTER XIII — WHAT HE BELIEVED	109
CHAPTER XIV — WHAT HE THOUGHT	117
BOOK SECOND — THE FALL	122
CHAPTER I — THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING	122
CHAPTER II — PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM	143
CHAPTER III — THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE	151
CHAPTER IV — DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER	161
CHAPTER V — TRANQUILLITY	168
CHAPTER VI — JEAN VALJEAN	171
CHAPTER VII — THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR	181
CHAPTER VIII — BILLOWS AND SHADOWS	195
CHAPTER IX — NEW TROUBLES	199
CHAPTER X — THE MAN AROUSED	202
CHAPTER XI — WHAT HE DOES	208
CHAPTER XII — THE BISHOP WORKS	214
CHAPTER XIII — LITTLE GERVAIS	220
BOOK THIRD. — IN THE YEAR 1817	236
CHAPTER I — THE YEAR 1817	236
CHAPTER II — A DOUBLE QUARTETTE	248
CHAPTER III — FOUR AND FOUR	257
CHAPTER IV — THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY	265
CHAPTER V — AT BOMBARDA’S	270
CHAPTER VI — A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER	275
CHAPTER VII — THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS	278
CHAPTER VIII — THE DEATH OF A HORSE	290
CHAPTER IX — A MERRY END TO MIRTH	295
BOOK FOURTH. — TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON’S POWER	300
CHAPTER I — ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER	300
CHAPTER II — FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES	317
CHAPTER III — THE LARK	321
BOOK FIFTH. — THE DESCENT	327
CHAPTER I — THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS	327
CHAPTER II — MADELEINE	330
CHAPTER III — SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE	337
CHAPTER IV — M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING	343
CHAPTER V — VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON	347
CHAPTER VI — FATHER FAUCHELEVENT	358
CHAPTER VII — FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS	363
CHAPTER VIII — MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY	366
CHAPTER IX — MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS	372
CHAPTER X — RESULT OF THE SUCCESS	377
CHAPTER XI — CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT	387
CHAPTER XII — M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY	389
CHAPTER XIII — THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MUNICIPAL POLICE	394
BOOK SIXTH. — JAVERT	412
CHAPTER I — THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE	412
CHAPTER II — HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP	419
BOOK SEVENTH. — THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR	435
CHAPTER I — SISTER SIMPLICE	435
CHAPTER II — THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE	441
CHAPTER III — A TEMPEST IN A SKULL	449
CHAPTER IV — FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP	484
CHAPTER V — HINDRANCES	490
CHAPTER VI — SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF	509
CHAPTER VII — THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR DEPARTURE	520
CHAPTER VIII — AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR	528
CHAPTER IX — A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION	535
CHAPTER X — THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS	548
CHAPTER XI — CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED	562
BOOK EIGHTH. — A COUNTER-BLOW	571
CHAPTER I — IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR	571
CHAPTER II — FANTINE HAPPY	576
CHAPTER III — JAVERT SATISFIED	583
CHAPTER IV — AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS	590
CHAPTER V — A SUITABLE TOMB	597
VOLUME II. — COSETTE	607
BOOK FIRST. — WATERLOO	607
CHAPTER I — WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES	607
CHAPTER II — HOUGOMONT	610
CHAPTER III — THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815	623
CHAPTER IV — A	627
CHAPTER V — THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES	631
CHAPTER VI — FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON	636
CHAPTER VII — NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR	642
CHAPTER VIII — THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE	652
CHAPTER IX — THE UNEXPECTED	656
CHAPTER X — THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN	663
CHAPTER XI — A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW	673
CHAPTER XII — THE GUARD	676
CHAPTER XIII — THE CATASTROPHE	679
CHAPTER XIV — THE LAST SQUARE	684
CHAPTER XV — CAMBRONNE	687
CHAPTER XVI — QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?	691
CHAPTER XVII — IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?	700
CHAPTER XVIII — A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT	704
CHAPTER XIX — THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT	709
BOOK SECOND. — THE SHIP ORION	720
CHAPTER I — NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430	720
CHAPTER II — IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE DEVIL’S COMPOSITION, POSSIBLY	725
CHAPTER III — THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER	734
BOOK THIRD. — ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE TO THE DEAD WOMAN	748
CHAPTER I — THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL	748
CHAPTER II — TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS	755
CHAPTER III — MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER	765
CHAPTER IV — ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL	769
CHAPTER V — THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE	772
CHAPTER VI — WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE	782
CHAPTER VII — COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK	791
CHAPTER VIII — THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR MAN WHO MAY BE A RICH MAN	795
CHAPTER IX — THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES	824
CHAPTER X — HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE	837
CHAPTER XI — NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY	845
BOOK FOURTH. — THE GORBEAU HOVEL	848
CHAPTER I — MASTER GORBEAU	848
CHAPTER II — A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER	859
CHAPTER III — TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE	862
CHAPTER IV — THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT	869
CHAPTER V — A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT	873
BOOK FIFTH. — FOR A BLACK HUNT, A MUTE PACK	879
CHAPTER I — THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY	879
CHAPTER II — IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES	886
CHAPTER III — TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727	889
CHAPTER IV — THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT	895
CHAPTER V — WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS	900
CHAPTER VI — THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA	907
CHAPTER VII — CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA	911
CHAPTER VIII — THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS	915
CHAPTER IX — THE MAN WITH THE BELL	918
CHAPTER X — WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT	925
BOOK SIXTH. — LE PETIT-PICPUS	941
CHAPTER I — NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS	941
CHAPTER II — THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA	948
CHAPTER III — AUSTERITIES	961
CHAPTER IV — GAYETIES	964
CHAPTER V — DISTRACTIONS	970
CHAPTER VI — THE LITTLE CONVENT	980
CHAPTER VII — SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS	985
CHAPTER VIII — POST CORDA LAPIDES	989
CHAPTER IX — A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE	992
CHAPTER X — ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION	996
CHAPTER XI — END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS	999
BOOK SEVENTH. — PARENTHESIS	1003
CHAPTER I — THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA	1003
CHAPTER II — THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT	1004
CHAPTER III — ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST	1010
CHAPTER IV — THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES	1015
CHAPTER V — PRAYER	1018
CHAPTER VI — THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER	1021
CHAPTER VII — PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME	1025
CHAPTER VIII — FAITH, LAW	1027
BOOK EIGHTH. — CEMETERIES TAKE THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED THEM	1030
CHAPTER I — WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT	1030
CHAPTER II — FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY	1045
CHAPTER III — MOTHER INNOCENTE	1049
CHAPTER IV — IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ AUSTIN CASTILLEJO	1065
CHAPTER V — IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL	1074
CHAPTER VI — BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS	1085
CHAPTER VII — IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE THE CARD	1088
CHAPTER VIII — A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY	1100
CHAPTER IX — CLOISTERED	1106
VOLUME III — MARIUS	1119
BOOK FIRST. — PARIS STUDIED IN ITS ATOM	1119
CHAPTER I — PARVULUS	1119
CHAPTER II — SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS	1121
CHAPTER III — HE IS AGREEABLE	1124
CHAPTER IV — HE MAY BE OF USE	1127
CHAPTER V — HIS FRONTIERS	1129
CHAPTER VI — A BIT OF HISTORY	1134
CHAPTER VII — THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIA	1138
CHAPTER VIII — IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE LAST KING	1142
CHAPTER IX — THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL	1145
CHAPTER X — ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO	1147
CHAPTER XI — TO SCOFF, TO REIGN	1153
CHAPTER XII — THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE	1157
CHAPTER XIII — LITTLE GAVROCHE	1159
BOOK SECOND. — THE GREAT BOURGEOIS	1163
CHAPTER I — NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH	1163
CHAPTER II — LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE	1167
CHAPTER III — LUC-ESPRIT	1170
CHAPTER IV — A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT	1172
CHAPTER V — BASQUE AND NICOLETTE	1174
CHAPTER VI — IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN	1177
CHAPTER VII — RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING	1181
CHAPTER VIII — TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR	1183
BOOK THIRD. — THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON	1188
CHAPTER I — AN ANCIENT SALON	1188
CHAPTER II — ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH	1195
CHAPTER III — REQUIESCANT	1208
CHAPTER IV — END OF THE BRIGAND	1223
CHAPTER V — THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A REVOLUTIONIST	1229
CHAPTER VI — THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN	1233
CHAPTER VII — SOME PETTICOAT	1245
CHAPTER VIII — MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE	1254
BOOK FOURTH. — THE FRIENDS OF THE A B C	1263
CHAPTER I — A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC	1263
CHAPTER II — BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET	1292
CHAPTER III — MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS	1299
CHAPTER IV — THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN	1303
CHAPTER V — ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON	1318
CHAPTER VI — RES ANGUSTA	1325
BOOK FIFTH. — THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE	1330
CHAPTER I — MARIUS INDIGENT	1330
CHAPTER II — MARIUS POOR	1335
CHAPTER III — MARIUS GROWN UP	1342
CHAPTER IV — M. MABEUF	1352
CHAPTER V — POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY	1361
CHAPTER VI — THE SUBSTITUTE	1366
BOOK SIXTH. — THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS	1375
CHAPTER I — THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES	1375
CHAPTER II — LUX FACTA EST	1381
CHAPTER III — EFFECT OF THE SPRING	1385
CHAPTER IV — BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY	1387
CHAPTER V — DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON	1392
CHAPTER VI — TAKEN PRISONER	1395
CHAPTER VII — ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES	1400
CHAPTER VIII — THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY	1404
CHAPTER IX — ECLIPSE	1408
BOOK SEVENTH. — PATRON MINETTE	1412
CHAPTER I — MINES AND MINERS	1412
CHAPTER II — THE LOWEST DEPTHS	1417
CHAPTER III — BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE	1421
CHAPTER IV — COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE	1426
BOOK EIGHTH. — THE WICKED POOR MAN	1431
CHAPTER I — MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN A CAP	1431
CHAPTER II — TREASURE TROVE	1435
CHAPTER III — QUADRIFRONS	1439
CHAPTER IV — A ROSE IN MISERY	1447
CHAPTER V — A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE	1459
CHAPTER VI — THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR	1464
CHAPTER VII — STRATEGY AND TACTICS	1472
CHAPTER VIII — THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL	1478
CHAPTER IX — JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING	1482
CHAPTER X — TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR	1489
CHAPTER XI — OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS	1495
CHAPTER XII — THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE	1500
CHAPTER XIII — SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE PATER NOSTER	1508
CHAPTER XIV — IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER	1512
CHAPTER XV — JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES	1518
CHAPTER XVI — IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH WAS IN FASHION IN 1832	1522
CHAPTER XVII — THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE	1528
CHAPTER XVIII — MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS	1535
CHAPTER XIX — OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS	1538
CHAPTER XX — THE TRAP	1546
CHAPTER XXI — ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS	1588
CHAPTER XXII — THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO	1594
BOOK FIRST. — A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY	1597
CHAPTER I — WELL CUT	1597
CHAPTER II — BADLY SEWED	1608
CHAPTER III — LOUIS PHILIPPE	1614
CHAPTER IV — CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION	1624
CHAPTER V — FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES	1636
CHAPTER VI — ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS	1656
BOOK SECOND. — EPONINE	1663
CHAPTER I — THE LARK’S MEADOW	1663
CHAPTER II — EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS	1675
CHAPTER III — APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF	1683
CHAPTER IV — AN APPARITION TO MARIUS	1690
BOOK THIRD. — THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET	1698
CHAPTER I — THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET	1698
CHAPTER II — JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD	1706
CHAPTER III — FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS	1712
CHAPTER IV — CHANGE OF GATE	1719
CHAPTER V — THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR	1728
CHAPTER VI — THE BATTLE BEGUN	1737
CHAPTER VII — TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF	1744
CHAPTER VIII — THE CHAIN-GANG	1754
BOOK FOURTH. — SUCCOR FROM BELOW MAY TURN OUT TO BE SUCCOR FROM ON HIGH	1772
CHAPTER I — A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN	1772
CHAPTER II — MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A PHENOMENON	1776
BOOK FIFTH. — THE END OF WHICH DOES NOT RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING	1790
CHAPTER I — SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED	1790
CHAPTER II — COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS	1794
CHAPTER III — ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT	1799
CHAPTER IV — A HEART BENEATH A STONE	1805
CHAPTER V — COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER	1812
CHAPTER VI — OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY	1817
BOOK SIXTH. — LITTLE GAVROCHE	1823
CHAPTER I — THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND	1823
CHAPTER II — IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE GREAT	1830
CHAPTER III — THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT	1867
BOOK SEVENTH. — SLANG	1890
CHAPTER I — ORIGIN	1890
CHAPTER II — ROOTS	1904
CHAPTER III — SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS	1919
CHAPTER IV — THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE	1928
BOOK EIGHTH. — ENCHANTMENTS AND DESOLATIONS	1935
CHAPTER I — FULL LIGHT	1935
CHAPTER II — THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS	1945
CHAPTER III — THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW	1949
CHAPTER IV — A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG	1955
CHAPTER V — THINGS OF THE NIGHT	1967
CHAPTER VI — MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING COSETTE HIS ADDRESS	1969
CHAPTER VII — THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH OTHER	1979
BOOK NINTH. — WHITHER ARE THEY GOING?	2000
CHAPTER I — JEAN VALJEAN	2000
CHAPTER II — MARIUS	2003
CHAPTER III — M. MABEUF	2008
BOOK TENTH. — THE 5TH OF JUNE, 1832	2015
CHAPTER I — THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION	2015
CHAPTER II — THE ROOT OF THE MATTER	2022
CHAPTER III — A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN	2034
CHAPTER IV — THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS	2045
CHAPTER V — ORIGINALITY OF PARIS	2055
BOOK ELEVENTH. — THE ATOM FRATERNIZES WITH THE HURRICANE	2060
CHAPTER I — SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S POETRY. THE INFLUENCE OF AN ACADEMICIAN ON THIS POETRY	2060
CHAPTER II — GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH	2065
CHAPTER III — JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER	2071
CHAPTER IV — THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN	2074
CHAPTER V — THE OLD MAN	2077
CHAPTER VI — RECRUITS	2080
BOOK TWELFTH. — CORINTHE	2083
CHAPTER I — HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION	2083
CHAPTER II — PRELIMINARY GAYETIES	2093
CHAPTER III — NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE	2110
CHAPTER IV — AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP	2116
CHAPTER V — PREPARATIONS	2123
CHAPTER VI — WAITING	2126
CHAPTER VII — THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES	2130
CHAPTER VIII — MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE CABUC WHOSE NAME MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LE CABUC	2136
BOOK THIRTEENTH. — MARIUS ENTERS THE SHADOW	2144
CHAPTER I — FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS	2144
CHAPTER II — AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS	2149
CHAPTER III — THE EXTREME EDGE	2154
BOOK FOURTEENTH. — THE GRANDEURS OF DESPAIR	2165
CHAPTER I — THE FLAG: ACT FIRST	2165
CHAPTER II — THE FLAG: ACT SECOND	2170
CHAPTER III — GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE	2175
CHAPTER IV — THE BARREL OF POWDER	2177
CHAPTER V — END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE	2182
CHAPTER VI — THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE	2185
CHAPTER VII — GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES	2192
BOOK FIFTEENTH. — THE RUE DE L’HOMME ARME	2198
CHAPTER I — A DRINKER IS A BABBLER	2198
CHAPTER II — THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT	2214
CHAPTER III — WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP	2221
CHAPTER IV — GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL	2224
BOOK FIRST. — THE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS	2232
CHAPTER I — THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE	2232
CHAPTER II — WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE	2246
CHAPTER III — LIGHT AND SHADOW	2253
CHAPTER IV — MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE	2256
CHAPTER V — THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE	2268
CHAPTER VI — MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC	2276
CHAPTER VII — THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED	2280
CHAPTER VIII — THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY	2287
CHAPTER IX — EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT INFALLIBLE MARKSMANSHIP WHICH INFLUENCED THE CONDEMNATION OF 1796	2292
CHAPTER X — DAWN	2295
CHAPTER XI — THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE	2302
CHAPTER XII — DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER	2304
CHAPTER XIII — PASSING GLEAMS	2310
CHAPTER XIV — WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS	2314
CHAPTER XV — GAVROCHE OUTSIDE	2318
CHAPTER XVI — HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER	2323
CHAPTER XVII — MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT	2338
CHAPTER XVIII — THE VULTURE BECOME PREY	2341
CHAPTER XIX — JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE	2348
CHAPTER XX — THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE WRONG	2353
CHAPTER XXI — THE HEROES	2370
CHAPTER XXII — FOOT TO FOOT	2378
CHAPTER XXIII — ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK	2385
CHAPTER XXIV — PRISONER	2391
BOOK SECOND. — THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN	2396
CHAPTER I — THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA	2396
CHAPTER II — ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER	2404
CHAPTER III — BRUNESEAU	2411
CHAPTER IV	2416
CHAPTER V — PRESENT PROGRESS	2424
CHAPTER VI — FUTURE PROGRESS	2427
BOOK THIRD. — MUD BUT THE SOUL	2436
CHAPTER I — THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES	2436
CHAPTER II — EXPLANATION	2447
CHAPTER III — THE “SPUN” MAN	2451
CHAPTER IV — HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS	2459
CHAPTER V — IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS WHICH IS TREACHEROUS	2466
CHAPTER VI — THE FONTIS	2475
CHAPTER VII — ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING	2479
CHAPTER VIII — THE TORN COAT-TAIL	2484
CHAPTER IX — MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD	2493
CHAPTER X — RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE	2500
CHAPTER XI — CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE	2503
CHAPTER XII — THE GRANDFATHER	2506
BOOK FOURTH. — JAVERT DERAILED — CHAPTER I	2516
BOOK FIFTH. — GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER	2539
CHAPTER I — IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN	2539
CHAPTER II — MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR	2546
CHAPTER III — MARIUS ATTACKED	2555
CHAPTER IV — MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A BAD THING THAT M. FAUCHELEVENT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED WITH SOMETHING UNDER HIS ARM	2561
CHAPTER V — DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY	2571
CHAPTER VI — THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION, TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY	2573
CHAPTER VII — THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS	2589
CHAPTER VIII — TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND	2594
BOOK SIXTH. — THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT	2601
CHAPTER I — THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833	2601
CHAPTER II — JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING	2617
CHAPTER III — THE INSEPARABLE	2635
CHAPTER IV — THE IMMORTAL LIVER	2640
BOOK SEVENTH. — THE LAST DRAUGHT FROM THE CUP	2649
CHAPTER I — THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN	2649
CHAPTER II — THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN	2682
BOOK EIGHTH. — FADING AWAY OF THE TWILIGHT	2699
CHAPTER I — THE LOWER CHAMBER	2699
CHAPTER II — ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS	2708
CHAPTER III — THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET	2713
CHAPTER IV — ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION	2721
BOOK NINTH. — SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN	2725
CHAPTER I — PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY	2725
CHAPTER II — LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL	2729
CHAPTER III — A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S CART	2732
CHAPTER IV — A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING	2737
CHAPTER V — A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY	2771
CHAPTER VI — THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES	2789

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VOLUME I

FANTINE

BOOK FIRST — A JUST MAN

CHAPTER I — M. MYRIEL

In 1815, M. Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D — — He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of D — — since 1806.

Although this detail has no connection whatever with the real substance of what we are about to relate, it will not be superfluous, if merely for the sake of exactness in all points, to mention here the various rumors and remarks which had been in circulation about him from the very moment when he arrived in the diocese.

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.

M. Myriel was the son of a councillor of the Parliament of Aix; hence he belonged to the nobility of the bar.

It was said that his father, destining him to be the heir of his own post, had married him at a very early age, eighteen or twenty, in accordance with a custom which is rather widely prevalent in parliamentary families.

In spite of this marriage, however, it was said that Charles Myriel created a great deal of talk.

He was well formed, though rather short in stature, elegant, graceful, intelligent; the whole of the first portion of his life had been devoted to the world and to gallantry.

The Revolution came; events succeeded each other with precipitation; the parliamentary families, decimated, pursued, hunted down, were dispersed.

M. Charles Myriel emigrated to Italy at the very beginning of the Revolution.

There his wife died of a malady of the chest, from which she had long suffered.

He had no children.

What took place next in the fate of M. Myriel?

The ruin of the French society of the olden days, the fall of his own family, the tragic spectacles of ‘93, which were, perhaps, even more alarming to the emigrants who viewed them from a distance, with the magnifying powers of terror, — did these cause the ideas of renunciation and solitude to germinate in him?

Was he, in the midst of these distractions, these affections which absorbed his life, suddenly smitten with one of those mysterious and terrible blows which sometimes overwhelm, by striking to his heart, a man whom public catastrophes would not shake, by striking at his existence and his fortune?

No one could have told: all that was known was, that when he returned from Italy he was a priest.

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