Les MisérablesVictor Hugo

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