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Les Misérables

Victor Hugo • 369 chapters

VOLUME I.—FANTINE.

  1. 1 PREFACE
  2. 2 FANTINE

BOOK FIRST—A JUST MAN

  1. 3 CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL
  2. 4 CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
  3. 5 CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
  4. 6 CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
  5. 7 CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG
  6. 8 CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
  7. 9 CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
  8. 10 CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING
  9. 11 CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
  10. 12 CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
  11. 13 CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION
  12. 14 CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
  13. 15 CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
  14. 16 CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT

BOOK SECOND—THE FALL

  1. 17 CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
  2. 18 CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
  3. 19 CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
  4. 20 CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER.
  5. 21 CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY
  6. 22 CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
  7. 23 CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
  8. 24 CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS
  9. 25 CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES
  10. 26 CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED
  11. 27 CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES
  12. 28 CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS
  13. 29 CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS

BOOK THIRD.—IN THE YEAR 1817

  1. 30 CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817
  2. 31 CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
  3. 32 CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR
  4. 33 CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY
  5. 34 CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA’S
  6. 35 CHAPTER VI—A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER
  7. 36 CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS
  8. 37 CHAPTER VIII—THE DEATH OF A HORSE
  9. 38 CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH

BOOK FOURTH.—TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON’S POWER

  1. 39 CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
  2. 40 CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES
  3. 41 CHAPTER III—THE LARK

BOOK FIFTH.—THE DESCENT.

  1. 42 CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS
  2. 43 CHAPTER II—MADELEINE
  3. 44 CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
  4. 45 CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING
  5. 46 CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON
  6. 47 CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
  7. 48 CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
  8. 49 CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY
  9. 50 CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS
  10. 51 CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS
  11. 52 CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT
  12. 53 CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY
  13. 54 CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MUNICIPAL POLICE

BOOK SIXTH.—JAVERT

  1. 55 CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
  2. 56 CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP

BOOK SEVENTH.—THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR

  1. 57 CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE
  2. 58 CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE
  3. 59 CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
  4. 60 CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
  5. 61 CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
  6. 62 CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
  7. 63 CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR DEPARTURE
  8. 64 CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR
  9. 65 CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION
  10. 66 CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
  11. 67 CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED

BOOK EIGHTH.—A COUNTER-BLOW

  1. 68 CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR
  2. 69 CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY
  3. 70 CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED
  4. 71 CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS
  5. 72 CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB

VOLUME II.—COSETTE

BOOK FIRST.—WATERLOO

  1. 73 CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
  2. 74 CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
  3. 75 CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815
  4. 76 CHAPTER IV—A
  5. 77 CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES
  6. 78 CHAPTER VI—FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
  7. 79 CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR
  8. 80 CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE
  9. 81 CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED
  10. 82 CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
  11. 83 CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW
  12. 84 CHAPTER XII—THE GUARD
  13. 85 CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE
  14. 86 CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE
  15. 87 CHAPTER XV—CAMBRONNE
  16. 88 CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
  17. 89 CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?
  18. 90 CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
  19. 91 CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT

BOOK SECOND.—THE SHIP ORION

  1. 92 CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
  2. 93 CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE DEVIL’S COMPOSITION, POSSIBLY
  3. 94 CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER

BOOK THIRD.—ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE TO THE DEAD WOMAN

  1. 95 CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL
  2. 96 CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS
  3. 97 CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER
  4. 98 CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL
  5. 99 CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
  6. 100 CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE
  7. 101 CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK
  8. 102 CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR MAN WHO MAY BE A RICH MAN
  9. 103 CHAPTER IX— THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES
  10. 104 CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE
  11. 105 CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY

BOOK FOURTH.—THE GORBEAU HOVEL

  1. 106 CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU
  2. 107 CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER
  3. 108 CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE
  4. 109 CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT
  5. 110 CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT

BOOK FIFTH.—FOR A BLACK HUNT, A MUTE PACK

  1. 111 CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY
  2. 112 CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES
  3. 113 CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727
  4. 114 CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT
  5. 115 CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS
  6. 116 CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA
  7. 117 CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA
  8. 118 CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS
  9. 119 CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL
  10. 120 CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT

BOOK SIXTH.—LE PETIT-PICPUS

  1. 121 CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS
  2. 122 CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
  3. 123 CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES
  4. 124 CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES
  5. 125 CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS
  6. 126 CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT
  7. 127 CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS
  8. 128 CHAPTER VIII—POST CORDA LAPIDES
  9. 129 CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE
  10. 130 CHAPTER X—ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION
  11. 131 CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS

BOOK SEVENTH.—PARENTHESIS

  1. 132 CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA
  2. 133 CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT
  3. 134 CHAPTER III—ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST
  4. 135 CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES
  5. 136 CHAPTER V—PRAYER
  6. 137 CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER
  7. 138 CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
  8. 139 CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW

BOOK EIGHTH.—CEMETERIES TAKE THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED THEM

  1. 140 CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT
  2. 141 CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY
  3. 142 CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE
  4. 143 CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ AUSTIN CASTILLEJO
  5. 144 CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL
  6. 145 CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS
  7. 146 CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE THE CARD
  8. 147 CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY
  9. 148 CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED

VOLUME III—MARIUS.

BOOK FIRST.—PARIS STUDIED IN ITS ATOM

  1. 149 CHAPTER I—PARVULUS
  2. 150 CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS
  3. 151 CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE
  4. 152 CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE
  5. 153 CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS
  6. 154 CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY
  7. 155 CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIA
  8. 156 CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE LAST KING
  9. 157 CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL
  10. 158 CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO
  11. 159 CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN
  12. 160 CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE
  13. 161 CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE

BOOK SECOND.—THE GREAT BOURGEOIS

  1. 162 CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH
  2. 163 CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE
  3. 164 CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT
  4. 165 CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT
  5. 166 CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE
  6. 167 CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN
  7. 168 CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING
  8. 169 CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR

BOOK THIRD.—THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON

  1. 170 CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON
  2. 171 CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
  3. 172 CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
  4. 173 CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND
  5. 174 CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A REVOLUTIONIST
  6. 175 CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
  7. 176 CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT
  8. 177 CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE

BOOK FOURTH.—THE FRIENDS OF THE A B C

  1. 178 CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
  2. 179 CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET
  3. 180 CHAPTER III—MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS
  4. 181 CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN
  5. 182 CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON
  6. 183 CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA

BOOK FIFTH.—THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE

  1. 184 CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT
  2. 185 CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR
  3. 186 CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP
  4. 187 CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF
  5. 188 CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY
  6. 189 CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE

BOOK SIXTH.—THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS

  1. 190 CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES
  2. 191 CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST
  3. 192 CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING
  4. 193 CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY
  5. 194 CHAPTER V—DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON
  6. 195 CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER
  7. 196 CHAPTER VII—ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES
  8. 197 CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY
  9. 198 CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE

BOOK SEVENTH.—PATRON MINETTE

  1. 199 CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS
  2. 200 CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS
  3. 201 CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE
  4. 202 CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE

BOOK EIGHTH.—THE WICKED POOR MAN

  1. 203 CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN A CAP
  2. 204 CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE
  3. 205 CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS
  4. 206 CHAPTER IV—A ROSE IN MISERY
  5. 207 CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE
  6. 208 CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR
  7. 209 CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS
  8. 210 CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL
  9. 211 CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING
  10. 212 CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR
  11. 213 CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS
  12. 214 CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE
  13. 215 CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE PATER NOSTER
  14. 216 CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER
  15. 217 CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES
  16. 218 CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH WAS IN FASHION IN 1832
  17. 219 CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE
  18. 220 CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS
  19. 221 CHAPTER XIX—OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS
  20. 222 CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
  21. 223 CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS
  22. 224 CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO

VOLUME IV.—SAINT-DENIS.

BOOK FIRST.—A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY

  1. 225 CHAPTER I—WELL CUT
  2. 226 CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
  3. 227 CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE
  4. 228 CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
  5. 229 CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES
  6. 230 CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS

BOOK SECOND.—ÉPONINE

  1. 231 CHAPTER I—THE LARK’S MEADOW
  2. 232 CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS
  3. 233 CHAPTER III—APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF
  4. 234 CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS

BOOK THIRD.—THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET

  1. 235 CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET
  2. 236 CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD
  3. 237 CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS
  4. 238 CHAPTER IV—CHANGE OF GATE
  5. 239 CHAPTER V—THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR
  6. 240 CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN
  7. 241 CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
  8. 242 CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG

BOOK FOURTH.—SUCCOR FROM BELOW MAY TURN OUT TO BE SUCCOR FROM ON HIGH

  1. 243 CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN
  2. 244 CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A PHENOMENON

BOOK FIFTH.—THE END OF WHICH DOES NOT RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING

  1. 245 CHAPTER I—SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED
  2. 246 CHAPTER II—COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS
  3. 247 CHAPTER III—ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT
  4. 248 CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE
  5. 249 CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER
  6. 250 CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY

BOOK SIXTH.—LITTLE GAVROCHE

  1. 251 CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND
  2. 252 CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE GREAT
  3. 253 CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT

BOOK SEVENTH.—SLANG

  1. 254 CHAPTER I—ORIGIN
  2. 255 CHAPTER II—ROOTS
  3. 256 CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
  4. 257 CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE

BOOK EIGHTH.—ENCHANTMENTS AND DESOLATIONS

  1. 258 CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT
  2. 259 CHAPTER II—THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS
  3. 260 CHAPTER III—THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW
  4. 261 CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG
  5. 262 CHAPTER V—THINGS OF THE NIGHT
  6. 263 CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING COSETTE HIS ADDRESS
  7. 264 CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH OTHER

BOOK NINTH.—WHITHER ARE THEY GOING?

  1. 265 CHAPTER I—JEAN VALJEAN
  2. 266 CHAPTER II—MARIUS
  3. 267 CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF

BOOK TENTH.—THE 5TH OF JUNE, 1832

  1. 268 CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION
  2. 269 CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
  3. 270 CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
  4. 271 CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
  5. 272 CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS

BOOK ELEVENTH.—THE ATOM FRATERNIZES WITH THE HURRICANE

  1. 273 CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S POETRY. THE INFLUENCE OF AN ACADEMICIAN ON THIS POETRY
  2. 274 CHAPTER II—GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH
  3. 275 CHAPTER III—JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER
  4. 276 CHAPTER IV—THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN
  5. 277 CHAPTER V—THE OLD MAN
  6. 278 CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS

BOOK TWELFTH.—CORINTHE

  1. 279 CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
  2. 280 CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES
  3. 281 CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE
  4. 282 CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP
  5. 283 CHAPTER V—PREPARATIONS
  6. 284 CHAPTER VI—WAITING
  7. 285 CHAPTER VII—THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES
  8. 286 CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE CABUC WHOSE NAME MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LE CABUC

BOOK THIRTEENTH.—MARIUS ENTERS THE SHADOW

  1. 287 CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS
  2. 288 CHAPTER II—AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS
  3. 289 CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE

BOOK FOURTEENTH.—THE GRANDEURS OF DESPAIR

  1. 290 CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
  2. 291 CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND
  3. 292 CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE
  4. 293 CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER
  5. 294 CHAPTER V—END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE
  6. 295 CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE
  7. 296 CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES

BOOK FIFTEENTH.—THE RUE DE L’HOMME ARMÉ

  1. 297 CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
  2. 298 CHAPTER II—THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT
  3. 299 CHAPTER III—WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP
  4. 300 CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL

VOLUME V—JEAN VALJEAN

BOOK FIRST.—THE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS

  1. 301 CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE
  2. 302 CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE
  3. 303 CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW
  4. 304 CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE
  5. 305 CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE
  6. 306 CHAPTER VI—MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC
  7. 307 CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
  8. 308 CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY
  9. 309 CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT INFALLIBLE MARKSMANSHIP WHICH INFLUENCED THE CONDEMNATION OF 1796
  10. 310 CHAPTER X—DAWN
  11. 311 CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE
  12. 312 CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER
  13. 313 CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS
  14. 314 CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS
  15. 315 CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE
  16. 316 CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
  17. 317 CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT
  18. 318 CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY
  19. 319 CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE
  20. 320 CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE WRONG
  21. 321 CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES
  22. 322 CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT
  23. 323 CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK
  24. 324 CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER

BOOK SECOND.—THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN

  1. 325 CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
  2. 326 CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER
  3. 327 CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU
  4. 328 CHAPTER IV
  5. 329 CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS
  6. 330 CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS

BOOK THIRD.—MUD BUT THE SOUL

  1. 331 CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES
  2. 332 CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
  3. 333 CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN
  4. 334 CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS
  5. 335 CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS WHICH IS TREACHEROUS
  6. 336 CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS
  7. 337 CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING
  8. 338 CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
  9. 339 CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD
  10. 340 CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE
  11. 341 CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE
  12. 342 CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER

BOOK FOURTH.—JAVERT DERAILED

  1. 343 CHAPTER I

BOOK FIFTH.—GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER

  1. 344 CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN
  2. 345 CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR
  3. 346 CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED
  4. 347 CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A BAD THING THAT M. FAUCHELEVENT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED WITH SOMETHING UNDER HIS ARM
  5. 348 CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY
  6. 349 CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION, TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY
  7. 350 CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS
  8. 351 CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

BOOK SIXTH.—THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT

  1. 352 CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833
  2. 353 CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
  3. 354 CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE
  4. 355 CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 68

BOOK SEVENTH.—THE LAST DRAUGHT FROM THE CUP

  1. 356 CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
  2. 357 CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN

BOOK EIGHTH.—FADING AWAY OF THE TWILIGHT

  1. 358 CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER
  2. 359 CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS
  3. 360 CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET
  4. 361 CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION

BOOK NINTH.—SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN

  1. 362 CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY
  2. 363 CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL
  3. 364 CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S CART
  4. 365 CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING
  5. 366 CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
  6. 367 CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES
  7. 368 LETTER TO M. DAELLI
  8. 369 FOOTNOTES: