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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

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"Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo is a French epic historical novel published in 1862. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, it follows ex-convict Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption. The novel explores the nature of law and grace, examining themes of justice, poverty, and love through the lives of interconnected characters in nineteenth-century France. Considered one of the greatest novels of its century, it depicts society's most downtrodden members and their fight for dignity.

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  1. 1BOOK NINTH—SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN — CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES286 words
  2. 2BOOK FIRST—A JUST MAN — CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL1,064 words
  3. 3CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME2,069 words
  4. 4CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP771 words
  5. 5CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS2,950 words
  6. 6CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG1,039 words
  7. 7CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM2,208 words
  8. 8CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE1,303 words
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING1,471 words
  10. 10CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER1,481 words
  11. 11CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT4,764 words
  12. 12CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION1,677 words
  13. 13CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME1,118 words
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED1,554 words
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT929 words
  16. 16BOOK SECOND—THE FALL — CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING4,491 words
  17. 17CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.1,454 words
  18. 18CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.2,104 words
  19. 19CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER.1,361 words
  20. 20CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY543 words
  21. 21CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN2,143 words
  22. 22CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR2,972 words
  23. 23CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS778 words
  24. 24CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES452 words
  25. 25CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED1,138 words
  26. 26CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES1,444 words
  27. 27CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS1,183 words
  28. 28CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS3,409 words
  29. 29BOOK THIRD—IN THE YEAR 1817 — CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 18172,247 words
  30. 30CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE1,586 words
  31. 31CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR1,457 words
  32. 32CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY892 words
  33. 33CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA’S1,019 words
  34. 34CHAPTER VI—A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER528 words
  35. 35CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS2,122 words
  36. 36CHAPTER VIII—THE DEATH OF A HORSE824 words
  37. 37CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH951 words
  38. 38BOOK FOURTH—TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON’S POWER — CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER3,418 words
  39. 39CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES804 words
  40. 40CHAPTER III—THE LARK1,055 words
  41. 41BOOK FIFTH—THE DESCENT — CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS553 words
  42. 42CHAPTER II—MADELEINE1,398 words
  43. 43CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE1,185 words
  44. 44CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING863 words
  45. 45CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON2,108 words
  46. 46CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT1,039 words
  47. 47CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS435 words
  48. 48CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY1,082 words
  49. 49CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS967 words
  50. 50CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS1,924 words
  51. 51CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT310 words
  52. 52CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY954 words
  53. 53CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MUNICIPAL POLICE3,868 words
  54. 54BOOK SIXTH—JAVERT — CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE1,286 words
  55. 55CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP3,338 words
  56. 56BOOK SEVENTH—THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR — CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE1,117 words
  57. 57CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE1,710 words
  58. 58CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL7,841 words
  59. 59CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP1,254 words
  60. 60CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES4,274 words
  61. 61CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF2,565 words
  62. 62CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR DEPARTURE1,697 words
  63. 63CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR1,289 words
  64. 64CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION2,676 words
  65. 65CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS2,830 words
  66. 66CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED1,656 words
  67. 67BOOK EIGHTH—A COUNTER-BLOW — CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR950 words
  68. 68CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY1,512 words
  69. 69CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED1,399 words
  70. 70CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS1,496 words
  71. 71CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB2,147 words
  72. 72BOOK FIRST—WATERLOO — CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES664 words
  73. 73CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT2,698 words
  74. 74CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815975 words
  75. 75CHAPTER IV—A747 words
  76. 76CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES1,118 words
  77. 77CHAPTER VI—FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON1,022 words
  78. 78CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR2,183 words
  79. 79CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE913 words
  80. 80CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED1,383 words
  81. 81CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN1,784 words
  82. 82CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW530 words
  83. 83CHAPTER XII—THE GUARD576 words
  84. 84CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE897 words
  85. 85CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE434 words
  86. 86CHAPTER XV—CAMBRONNE866 words
  87. 87CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?1,816 words
  88. 88CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?651 words
  89. 89CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT985 words
  90. 90CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT2,439 words
  91. 91BOOK SECOND—THE SHIP ORION — CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,4301,091 words
  92. 92CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE DEVIL’S COMPOSITION, POSSIBLY1,823 words
  93. 93CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER3,154 words
  94. 94BOOK THIRD—ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE TO THE DEAD WOMAN — CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL1,330 words
  95. 95CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS2,003 words
  96. 96CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER847 words
  97. 97CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL519 words
  98. 98CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE2,154 words
  99. 99CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE1,950 words
  100. 100CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK887 words
  101. 101CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR MAN WHO MAY BE A RICH MAN6,532 words
  102. 102CHAPTER IX— THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES2,953 words
  103. 103CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE1,856 words
  104. 104CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY505 words
  105. 105BOOK FOURTH—THE GORBEAU HOVEL — CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU2,386 words
  106. 106CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER553 words
  107. 107CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE1,558 words
  108. 108CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT798 words
  109. 109CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT1,324 words
  110. 110BOOK FIFTH—FOR A BLACK HUNT, A MUTE PACK — CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY1,424 words
  111. 111CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES598 words
  112. 112CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 17271,185 words
  113. 113CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT973 words
  114. 114CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS1,409 words
  115. 115CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA898 words
  116. 116CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA731 words
  117. 117CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS696 words
  118. 118CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL1,365 words
  119. 119CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT3,449 words
  120. 120BOOK SIXTH—LE PETIT-PICPUS — CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS1,417 words
  121. 121CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA2,588 words
  122. 122CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES593 words
  123. 123CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES1,276 words
  124. 124CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS2,067 words
  125. 125CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT927 words
  126. 126CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS788 words
  127. 127CHAPTER VIII—POST CORDA LAPIDES632 words
  128. 128CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE719 words
  129. 129CHAPTER X—ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION599 words
  130. 130CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS656 words
  131. 131BOOK SEVENTH—PARENTHESIS — CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA181 words
  132. 132CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT1,078 words
  133. 133CHAPTER III—ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST843 words
  134. 134CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES516 words
  135. 135CHAPTER V—PRAYER436 words
  136. 136CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER801 words
  137. 137CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME242 words
  138. 138CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW771 words
  139. 139BOOK EIGHTH—CEMETERIES TAKE THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED THEM — CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT3,008 words
  140. 140CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY820 words
  141. 141CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE3,477 words
  142. 142CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ AUSTIN CASTILLEJO2,141 words
  143. 143CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL2,139 words
  144. 144CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS603 words
  145. 145CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE THE CARD2,681 words
  146. 146CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY1,146 words
  147. 147CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED2,701 words
  148. 148BOOK FIRST—PARIS STUDIED IN ITS ATOM — CHAPTER I—PARVULUS256 words
  149. 149CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS494 words
  150. 150CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE418 words
  151. 151CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE255 words
  152. 152CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS820 words
  153. 153CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY747 words
  154. 154CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIA740 words
  155. 155CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE LAST KING568 words
  156. 156CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL290 words
  157. 157CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO1,102 words
  158. 158CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN839 words
  159. 159CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE350 words
  160. 160CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE905 words
  161. 161BOOK SECOND—THE GREAT BOURGEOIS — CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH695 words
  162. 162CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE420 words
  163. 163CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT342 words
  164. 164CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT330 words
  165. 165CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE448 words
  166. 166CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN751 words
  167. 167CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING210 words
  168. 168CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR825 words
  169. 169BOOK THIRD—THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON — CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON1,256 words
  170. 170CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH2,618 words
  171. 171CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT2,961 words
  172. 172CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND1,289 words
  173. 173CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A REVOLUTIONIST649 words
  174. 174CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN2,559 words
  175. 175CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT1,766 words
  176. 176CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE1,978 words
  177. 177BOOK FOURTH—THE FRIENDS OF THE A B C — CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC5,288 words
  178. 178CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET1,288 words
  179. 179CHAPTER III—MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS723 words
  180. 180CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN2,865 words
  181. 181CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON1,440 words
  182. 182CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA926 words
  183. 183BOOK FIFTH—THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE — CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT864 words
  184. 184CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR1,265 words
  185. 185CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP1,929 words
  186. 186CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF1,724 words
  187. 187CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY870 words
  188. 188CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE1,729 words
  189. 189BOOK SIXTH—THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS — CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES1,230 words
  190. 190CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST882 words
  191. 191CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING432 words
  192. 192CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY1,136 words
  193. 193CHAPTER V—DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON444 words
  194. 194CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER1,019 words
  195. 195CHAPTER VII—ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES694 words
  196. 196CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY662 words
  197. 197CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE819 words
  198. 198BOOK SEVENTH—PATRON MINETTE — CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS871 words
  199. 199CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS589 words
  200. 200CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE936 words
  201. 201CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE947 words
  202. 202BOOK EIGHTH—THE WICKED POOR MAN — CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN A CAP693 words
  203. 203CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE663 words
  204. 204CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS1,541 words
  205. 205CHAPTER IV—A ROSE IN MISERY2,613 words
  206. 206CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE916 words
  207. 207CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR1,586 words
  208. 208CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS1,302 words
  209. 209CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL805 words
  210. 210CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING1,409 words
  211. 211CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR1,274 words
  212. 212CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS978 words
  213. 213CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE1,782 words
  214. 214CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE PATER NOSTER1,005 words
  215. 215CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER1,261 words
  216. 216CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES866 words
  217. 217CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH WAS IN FASHION IN 18321,260 words
  218. 218CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE1,493 words
  219. 219CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS535 words
  220. 220CHAPTER XIX—OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS1,659 words
  221. 221CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP9,593 words
  222. 222CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS1,305 words
  223. 223CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO633 words
  224. 224BOOK FIRST—A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY — CHAPTER I—WELL CUT2,154 words
  225. 225CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED1,220 words
  226. 226CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE2,762 words
  227. 227CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION2,638 words
  228. 228CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES4,100 words
  229. 229CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS1,487 words
  230. 230BOOK SECOND—ÉPONINE — CHAPTER I—THE LARK’S MEADOW2,233 words
  231. 231CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS1,782 words
  232. 232CHAPTER III—APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF1,507 words
  233. 233CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS1,677 words
  234. 234BOOK THIRD—THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET — CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET1,811 words
  235. 235CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD947 words
  236. 236CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS1,406 words
  237. 237CHAPTER IV—CHANGE OF GATE1,909 words
  238. 238CHAPTER V—THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR1,769 words
  239. 239CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN1,298 words
  240. 240CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF2,047 words
  241. 241CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG3,923 words
  242. 242BOOK FOURTH—SUCCOR FROM BELOW MAY TURN OUT TO BE SUCCOR FROM ON HIGH — CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN885 words
  243. 243CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A PHENOMENON3,152 words
  244. 244BOOK FIFTH—THE END OF WHICH DOES NOT RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING — CHAPTER I—SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED621 words
  245. 245CHAPTER II—COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS1,296 words
  246. 246CHAPTER III—ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT1,108 words
  247. 247CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE1,319 words
  248. 248CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER927 words
  249. 249CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY1,320 words
  250. 250BOOK SIXTH—LITTLE GAVROCHE — CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND1,325 words
  251. 251CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE GREAT8,249 words
  252. 252CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT5,005 words
  253. 253BOOK SEVENTH—SLANG — CHAPTER I—ORIGIN2,789 words
  254. 254CHAPTER II—ROOTS3,283 words
  255. 255CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS1,637 words
  256. 256CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE1,560 words
  257. 257BOOK EIGHTH—ENCHANTMENTS AND DESOLATIONS — CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT2,184 words
  258. 258CHAPTER II—THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS804 words
  259. 259CHAPTER III—THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW1,198 words
  260. 260CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG2,579 words
  261. 261CHAPTER V—THINGS OF THE NIGHT251 words
  262. 262CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING COSETTE HIS ADDRESS2,186 words
  263. 263CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH OTHER4,731 words
  264. 264BOOK NINTH—WHITHER ARE THEY GOING? — CHAPTER I—JEAN VALJEAN657 words
  265. 265CHAPTER II—MARIUS953 words
  266. 266CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF1,448 words
  267. 267BOOK TENTH—THE 5TH OF JUNE, 1832 — CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION1,291 words
  268. 268CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER2,328 words
  269. 269CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN2,103 words
  270. 270CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS1,972 words
  271. 271CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS1,051 words
  272. 272CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S POETRY. THE INFLUENCE OF AN ACADEMICIAN ON THIS POETRY883 words
  273. 273CHAPTER II—GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH1,246 words
  274. 274CHAPTER III—JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER597 words
  275. 275CHAPTER IV—THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN602 words
  276. 276CHAPTER V—THE OLD MAN530 words
  277. 277CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS527 words
  278. 278CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION2,013 words
  279. 279CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES3,621 words
  280. 280CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE1,184 words
  281. 281CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP1,359 words
  282. 282CHAPTER V—PREPARATIONS739 words
  283. 283CHAPTER VI—WAITING853 words
  284. 284CHAPTER VII—THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES1,313 words
  285. 285CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE CABUC WHOSE NAME MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LE CABUC1,671 words
  286. 286CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS1,100 words
  287. 287CHAPTER II—AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS1,029 words
  288. 288CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE2,411 words
  289. 289CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST967 words
  290. 290CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND1,017 words
  291. 291CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE402 words
  292. 292CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER944 words
  293. 293CHAPTER V—END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE677 words
  294. 294CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE1,513 words
  295. 295CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES1,371 words
  296. 296CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER3,454 words
  297. 297CHAPTER II—THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT1,468 words
  298. 298CHAPTER III—WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP577 words
  299. 299CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL1,661 words
  300. 300BOOK FIRST—THE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS — CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE2,846 words
  301. 301CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE1,474 words
  302. 302CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW633 words
  303. 303CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE2,461 words
  304. 304CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE1,557 words
  305. 305CHAPTER VI—MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC726 words
  306. 306CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED1,558 words
  307. 307CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY1,060 words
  308. 308CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT INFALLIBLE MARKSMANSHIP WHICH INFLUENCED THE CONDEMNATION OF 1796599 words
  309. 309CHAPTER X—DAWN1,497 words
  310. 310CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE426 words
  311. 311CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER1,180 words
  312. 312CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS723 words
  313. 313CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS771 words
  314. 314CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE1,109 words
  315. 315CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER3,315 words
  316. 316CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT598 words
  317. 317CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY1,371 words
  318. 318CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE915 words
  319. 319CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE WRONG3,534 words
  320. 320CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES1,670 words
  321. 321CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT1,369 words
  322. 322CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK1,221 words
  323. 323CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER1,074 words
  324. 324BOOK SECOND—THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN — CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA1,515 words
  325. 325CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER1,269 words
  326. 326CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU1,109 words
  327. 327CHAPTER IV1,380 words
  328. 328CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS485 words
  329. 329CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS1,838 words
  330. 330BOOK THIRD—MUD BUT THE SOUL — CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES2,543 words
  331. 331CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION836 words
  332. 332CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN1,723 words
  333. 333CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS1,432 words
  334. 334CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS WHICH IS TREACHEROUS1,900 words
  335. 335CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS830 words
  336. 336CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING917 words
  337. 337CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL1,859 words
  338. 338CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD1,588 words
  339. 339CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE662 words
  340. 340CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE650 words
  341. 341CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER2,336 words
  342. 342BOOK FOURTH—JAVERT DERAILED — CHAPTER I4,872 words
  343. 343BOOK FIFTH—GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER — CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN1,286 words
  344. 344CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR1,845 words
  345. 345CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED1,181 words
  346. 346CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A BAD THING THAT M. FAUCHELEVENT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED WITH SOMETHING UNDER HIS ARM1,962 words
  347. 347CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY453 words
  348. 348CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION, TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY3,233 words
  349. 349CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS895 words
  350. 350CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND1,610 words
  351. 351BOOK SIXTH—THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT — CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 18333,327 words
  352. 352CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING3,671 words
  353. 353CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE935 words
  354. 354CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 681,759 words
  355. 355BOOK SEVENTH—THE LAST DRAUGHT FROM THE CUP — CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN7,046 words
  356. 356CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN3,277 words
  357. 357BOOK EIGHTH—FADING AWAY OF THE TWILIGHT — CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER1,704 words
  358. 358CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS991 words
  359. 359CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET1,688 words
  360. 360CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION697 words
  361. 361BOOK NINTH—SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN — CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY845 words
  362. 362CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL648 words
  363. 363CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S CART1,130 words
  364. 364CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING7,187 words
  365. 365CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY3,982 words
  366. 366CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES3,674 words

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