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FROM THE PAGES OF LES MISÉRABLES
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VICTOR HUGO
THE WORLD OF VICTOR HUGO AND LES MISÉRABLES
Introduction
Acknowledgements
A NOTE ON THE ABRIDGMENT
PREFACE
FANTINE - BOOK ONE AN UPRIGHT MAN
1 - M. MYRIEL
2 - M. MYRIEL BECOMES MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU
3 - A DIFFICULT DIOCESE FOR A GOOD BISHOP
4 - GOOD WORKS THAT MATCH THE WORDS
5 (7) - CRAVATTE
6 (10) - THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
BOOK TWO - THE FALL
1 - THE EVENING AFTER A LONG DAY’S WALK
2 - PRUDENCE COMMENDED TO WISDOM
3 - THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE
4 (5) - TRANQUILLITY
5 (6) - JEAN VALJEAN
6 (7) - THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR
7 (9) - GRIEVANCES
8 (10) - THE MAN AWAKES
9 (11) - WHAT HE DOES
10 (12) - THE BISHOP AT WORK
11 (13) - PETIT GERVAIS
BOOK THREE - IN THE YEAR 1817
1 - THE YEAR 1817
2 - DOUBLE FOURSOME
3 - FOUR TO FOUR
4 - THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH SONG
5 - AT BOMBARDA’S
6 - A CHAPTER OF SELF-ADMIRATION
7 - THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
8 (9) - JOYOUS END OF JOY
BOOK FOUR - TO ENTRUST IS SOMETIMES TO ABANDON
1 - ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER
2 - FIRST SKETCH OF TWO SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING FACES
3 - THE LARK
BOOK FIVE - THE DESCENT
1 - THE STORY OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN JET-WORK
2 - MADELEINE
3 - MONEYS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
4 - MONSIEUR MADELEINE IN MOURNING
5 - FAINT LIGHTNING FLASHES ON THE HORIZON
6 - OLD FAUCHELEVENT
7 - FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER AT PARIS
8 - MADAME VICTURNIEN SPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY
9 - SUCCESS OF MADAME VICTURNIEN
10 - FURTHER SUCCESS OF THE GOSSIPS
11 (12) - THE IDLENESS OF MONSIEUR BAMATABOIS
12 (13) - THE SOLUTION TO SOME MUNICIPAL POLICE ISSUES
BOOK SIX - JAVERT
1 - THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
2 - HOW JEAN CAN BECOME CHAMP
BOOK SEVEN - THE CHAMPMATHIEU CASE
1 - SISTER SIMPLICE
2 - THE SHREWDNESS OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE
3 (4) - FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
4 (5) - OBSTACLES
5 (6) - SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE TEST
6 (7) - THE TRAVELLER ARRIVES AND PROVIDES FOR HIS RETURN
7 (8) - ADMISSION BY FAVOUR
8 (9) - A PLACE FOR ARRIVING AT CONVICTIONS
9 (10) - THE ACCUSED
10 (11) - CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
BOOK EIGHT - COUNTER-STROKE
1 - IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE LOOKS AT HIS HAIR
2 - FANTINE HAPPY
3 - JAVERT SATISFIED
4 - AUTHORITY RESUMES ITS SWAY
5 - A FITTING TOMB
COSETTE - BOOK ONE WATERLOO
1 - WHAT YOU MEET IN COMING FROM NIVELLES
2 (19) - THE FIELD OF BATTLE AT NIGHT
BOOK Two - THE CONVICT SHIP ORION
1 - NUMBER 24601 BECOMES NUMBER 9430
2 (3) - SHOWING THAT THE CHAIN OF THE SHACKLE MUST NEEDS HAVE UNDERGONE A ...
BOOK THREE - KEEPING THE PROMISE TO THE DEAD WOMAN
1 - THE WATER PROBLEM AT MONTFERMEIL
2 - TWO PORTRAITS COMPLETED
3 - MEN MUST HAVE WINE AND HORSES WATER
4 - A DOLL COMES ONSTAGE
5 - THE LITTLE GIRL ALL ALONE
6 - WHICH PERHAPS PROVES THE INTELLIGENCE OF BOULATRUELLE
7 - COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE UNKNOWN, IN THE DARKNESS
8 - INCONVENIENCE OF ENTERTAINING A POOR MAN WHO IS PERHAPS RICH
9 - THENARDIER MANŒUVRING
10 - WHO SEEKS THE BEST MAY FIND THE WORST
11 - NUMBER 9430 COMES UP AGAIN, AND COSETTE DRAWS IT
BOOK FOUR - THE OLD GORBEAU HOUSE
1 - MASTER GORBEAU
2 - A NEST FOR OWL AND WREN
3 - TWO MISFORTUNES MINGLED MAKE HAPPINESS
4 - WHAT THE LANDLADY DISCOVERED
5 - A FIVE-FRANC COIN FALLING ON THE FLOOR MAKES A NOISE
BOOK FIVE - A SINISTER HUNT REQUIRES A SILENT PACK
1 - STRATEGIC ZIGZAGS
2 - IT IS FORTUNATE THAT VEHICLES CAN CROSS THE BRIDGE OF AUSTERLITZ
3 - SEE THE MAP OF PARIS IN 1727
4 - GROPING FOR ESCAPE
5 - WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WERE THE STREETS LIGHTED WITH GAS
6 - A MYSTERY BEGINS
7 - THE MYSTERY CONTINUED
8 - THE MYSTERY REDOUBLES
9 - THE MAN WITH THE BELL
10 - IN WHICH IS EXPLAINED HOW JAVERT LOST HIS PREY
BOOK EIGHT - CEMETERIES TAKE WHAT IS GIVEN THEM
1 - WHICH TELLS HOW TO ENTER THE CONVENT
2 - FAUCHELEVENT FACING THE DIFFICULTY
3 - MOTHER INNOCENT
4 - IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE APPEARANCE OF HAVING READ AUSTIN ...
5 - IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE A DRUNKARD TO BE IMMORTAL
6 - DEAD AND BURIED
7 - THE MISSING CARD
8 - SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION
9 - THE CLOSE
MARIUS - BOOK ONE PARIS STUDIED THROUGH ITS MICROCOSM
1 - PARVULUS
2 - SOME OF HIS PRIVATE MARKS
3 - HE IS AGREEABLE
4 - HE MAY BE USEFUL
5 (13) - LITTLE GAVROCHE
BOOK THREE - THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON
1 (2) - ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT TIME
2 (3) - REQUIESCANT
3 (4) - END OF THE BRIGAND
4 (5) - THE USEFULNESS OF GOING TO MASS TO BECOME A REVOLUTIONARY
5 (6) - WHAT IT IS TO HAVE MET A CHURCHWARDEN
BOOK FOUR - THE FRIENDS OF THEABC
1 - A GROUP WHICH ALMOST BECAME HISTORIC
2 - FUNERAL ORATION UPON BLONDEAU, BY BOSSUET
3 - THE ASTONISHMENTS OF MARIUS
4 - THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN
5 - ENLARGEMENT OF THE HORIZON
6 - ANGUISH
BOOK FIVE - THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE
1 - MARIUS INDIGENT
2 - MARIUS POOR
3 - MARIUS GROWN
BOOK SIX - THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS
1 - THE NICKNAME: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES
2 - A LIGHT DAWNS
3 - AN EFFECT OF SPRING
4 - COMMENCEMENT OF A SERIOUS ILLNESS
5 - SUNDRY THUNDERBOLTS FALL UPON MA‘AM BOUGON
6 - TAKEN PRISONER
7 - ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U ABANDONED TO CONJECTURE
8 - EVEN DISABLED VETERANS MAY BE LUCKY
9 - AN ECLIPSE
BOOK SEVEN - PATRON-MINETTE
1 - THE MINES AND THE MINERS
2 - THE LOWEST DEPTH
3 - BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE
4 - COMPOSITION OF THE BAND
BOOK EIGHT - THE CRIMINAL POOR
1 (2) - A FIND
2 (3) - THE MAN WITH FOUR FACES
3 (4) - A ROSE IN DIRE POVERTY
4 (5) - THE PROVIDENTIAL SPYHOLE
5 (6) - THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR
6 (7) - STRATEGY AND TACTICS
7 (8) - THE SUNBEAM IN THE HOLE
8 (9) - JONDRETTE WEEPS ALMOST
9 (10) - PRICE OF CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR
10 (11) - OFFERS OF SERVICE BY POVERTY TO GRIEF
11 (12) - THE USE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC COIN
12 (13) - SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABANTUR ORARE PATER NOSTER
13 (14) - IN WHICH A POLICE OFFICER GIVES A LAWYER TWO COUPS DE POIGN
14 (15) - JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASE
15 (16) - IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE SONG SET TO AN ENGLISH AIR IN FASHION IN 1832
16 (17) - USE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC COIN
17 (18) - MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FACE EACH OTHER
18 (19) - THE DISTRACTIONS OF DARK CORNERS
19 (20) - THE AMBUSH
20 (21) - THE VICTIMS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ARRESTED FIRST
THE EPIC ON THE RUE SAINT-DENIS AND THE IDYLL OF THE RUE PLUMET - BOOK ONE A ...
1 - WELL CUT
2 - BADLY SEWED TOGETHER
3 (4) - CRACKS UNDER THE FOUNDATION
BOOK Two - EPONINE
1(2) - EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS
2 (4) - AN APPARITION TO MARIUS
BOOK THREE - THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET
v - THE SECRET HOUSE
2 (5) - THE ROSE DISCOVERS THAT SHE IS AN ENGINE OF WAR
3 (6) - THE BATTLE COMMENCES
4 (7) - FOR SADNESS, SADNESS REDOUBLED
BOOK FOUR - AID FROM BELOW MAY BE AID FROM ABOVE
1 - WOUND WITHOUT, CURE WITHIN
BOOK FIVE - THE END OF WHICH IS UNLIKE THE BEGINNING
1(2) - FEARS OF COSETTE
2 (3) - ENRICHED BY THE COMMENTARIES OF TOUSSAINT
3 (4) - A HEART UNDER A STONE
4 (5) - COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER
5 (6) - THE OLD ARE MADE TO GO OUT WHEN CONVENIENT
BOOK SIX - LITTLE GAVROCHE
1 - A MALEVOLENT TRICK OF THE WIND
2 - IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF NAPOLEON THE GREAT
3 - THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF ESCAPE
BOOK EIGHT - ENCHANTMENT AND DESPAIR
1 - SUNSHINE
2 - THE STUPEFACTION OF COMPLETE HAPPINESS
3 - THE SHADOW GROWS
4 - CAB ROLLS IN ENGLISH AND YELPS IN ARGOT
5 (6) - MARIUS BECOMES SO REAL AS TO GIVE COSETTE HIS ADDRESS
6 (7) - THE OLD HEART AND YOUNG HEART IN PRESENCE
BOOK NINE - WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
1 - JEAN VALJEAN
2 - MARIUS
BOOK ELEVEN - THE ATOM FRATERNISES WITH THE HURRICANE
1 (6) - RECRUITS
BOOK TWELVE - CORINTH
1 - HISTORY OF CORINTH FROM ITS FOUNDATION
2 (3) - NIGHT BEGINS TO GATHER OVER GRANTAIRE
3 (4) - ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP
4 (5) - THE PREPARATIONS
5 (7) - THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES
BOOK THIRTEEN - MARIUS ENTERS THE SHADOW
1 - FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS
2 (3) - THE EXTREME LIMIT
BOOK FOURTEEN - THE GRANDEUR OF DESPAIR
1 - THE FLAG: FIRST ACT
2 (4) - THE KEG OF POWDER
3 (5) - END OF JEAN PROUVAIRE’S RHYME
4 (6) - THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE
5 (7) - GAVROCHE A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES
BOOK FIFTEEN - THE RUE DE L’HOMME ARMÉ
1 - BLOTTER,BLABBER
2 - THE GAMIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT
3 - WHILE COSSETE AND TOUSSAINT SLEEP
JEAN VALJEAN - BOOK ONE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS
1(2) - WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE ABYSS BUT TO TALK
2 (3) - LIGHT DAWNS AND DARKENS
3 (4) - FIVE LESS, ONE MORE
4 (5) - WHAT HORIZON IS VISIBLE FROM THE TOP OF THE BARRICADE
5 (6) - MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC
6 (7) - THE SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS
7 (8) - THE GUNNERS PRODUCE A SERIOUS IMPRESSION
8 (9) - USE OF THAT OLD POACHER’S SKILL, AND THAT INFALLIBLE AIM WHICH ...
9 (10) - DAWN
10 (11 ) - THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NOBODY
11 (13) - PASSING GLEAMS
12 (14) - IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS
13 (15) - GAVROCHE OUTSIDE
14 (16) - HOW BROTHER BECOMES FATHER
15 (17) - MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT
16 (19) - JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE
17 (20) - THE DEAD ARE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT WRONG
18 (21) - THE HEROES
19 (22) - FOOT TO FOOT
20 (23) - ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK
21 (24) - PRISONER
BOOK THREE - MIRE, BUT SOUL
1 - THE CLOACA AND ITS SURPRISES
2 - EXPLANATION
3 - THE MAN TAILED
4 - HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS
5 - FOR SAND AS WELL AS WOMAN THERE IS A FINESSE WHICH IS PERFIDY
6 - THE FONTIS
7 - EXTREMITIES
8 - THE TORN COAT-TAIL
9 - MARIUS SEEMS TO BE DEAD TO ONE WHO IS A GOOD JUDGE
10 - RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON—OF HIS LIFE
11 - COMMOTION IN THE ABSOLUTE
12 - THE ANCESTOR
BOOK FOUR - JAVERT DERAILED
1 - JAVERT DERAILED
BOOK FIVE - THE GRANDSON AND THE GRANDFATHER
1 (2) - MARIUS, ESCAPING FROM CIVIL WAR, PREPARES FOR DOMESTIC WAR
2 (3) - MARIUS ATTACKS
3 (4) - MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND AT LAST THINKS IT NOT IMPROPER THAT MONSIEUR ...
4 (5) - DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY RATHER IN SOME FOREST THAN WITH SOME LAWYER
5 (6) - THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH IN HIS OWN WAY, THAT COSETTE MAY BE HAPPY
6 (7) - THE EFFECTS OF DREAM MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS
7 (8) - TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
BOOK SIX - THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT
1 (2) - JEAN VALJEAN STILL HAS HIS ARM IN A SLING
2 (3) - THE INSEPARABLE
3 (4) - UNDYING FAITH
BOOK SEVEN - THE LAST DROP IN THE CHALICE
1 - THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
2 - THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION MAY CONTAIN
BOOK EIGHT - THE FINAL TWILIGHT
1 - THE BASEMENT ROOM
2 - OTHER STEPS BACKWARD
3 - THEY REMEMBER THE GARDEN IN THE RUE PLUMET
4 - ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION
BOOK NINE - THE LAST NIGHT YIELDS TO THE LAST DAWN
1 - PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY
2 - THE LAST FLICKERINGS OF THE EXHAUSTED LAMP
3 - A PEN IS HEAVY TO HIM WHO LIFTED FAUCHELEVENT’S CART
4 - A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH SERVES ONLY TO WHITEN
5 - NIGHT BEHIND WHICH IS DAWN
ENDNOTES
INSPIRED BY LES MISÉRABLES
COMMENTS & QUESTIONS
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