Les Misérables
Table of Contents
Chapter 1PrefaceChapter 2I: M. MyrielChapter 3II: M. Myriel Becomes M. WelcomeChapter 4III: A Hard Bishopric for a Good BishopChapter 5IV: Works Corresponding to WordsChapter 6V: Monseigneur Bienvenu Made His Cassocks Last Too LongChapter 7VI: Who Guarded His House for HimChapter 8VII: CravatteChapter 9VIII: Philosophy After DrinkingChapter 10IX: The Brother as Depicted by the SisterChapter 11X: The Bishop in the Presence of an Unknown LightChapter 12XI: A RestrictionChapter 13XII: The Solitude of Monseigneur WelcomeChapter 14XIII: What He BelievedChapter 15XIV: What He ThoughtChapter 16I: The Evening of a Day of WalkingChapter 17II: Prudence Counselled to WisdomChapter 18III: The Heroism of Passive ObedienceChapter 19IV: Details Concerning the Cheese-Dairies of PontarlierChapter 20V: TranquillityChapter 21VI: Jean ValjeanChapter 22VII: The Interior of DespairChapter 23VIII: Billows and ShadowsChapter 24IX: New TroublesChapter 25X: The Man ArousedChapter 26XI: What He DoesChapter 27XII: The Bishop WorksChapter 28XIII: Little GervaisChapter 29I: The Year 1817Chapter 30II: A Double QuartetChapter 31III: Four and FourChapter 32IV: Tholomyès Is So Merry That He Sings a Spanish DittyChapter 33V: At Bombarda’sChapter 34VI: A Chapter in Which They Adore Each OtherChapter 35VII: The Wisdom of TholomyèsChapter 36VIII: The Death of a HorseChapter 37IX: A Merry End to MirthChapter 38Book IV: To Confide Is Sometimes to Deliver Into a Person’s PowerChapter 39I: One Mother Meets Another MotherChapter 40II: First Sketch of Two Unprepossessing FiguresChapter 41III: The LarkChapter 42I: The History of a Progress in Black Glass TrinketsChapter 43II: MadeleineChapter 44III: Sums Deposited with LaffitteChapter 45IV: M. Madeleine in MourningChapter 46V: Vague Flashes on the HorizonChapter 47VI: Father FaucheleventChapter 48VII: Fauchelevent Becomes a Gardener in ParisChapter 49VIII: Madame Victurnien Expends Thirty Francs on MoralityChapter 50IX: Madame Victurnien’s Success
Chapter 51X: Result of the SuccessChapter 52XI: Christus Nos LiberavitChapter 53XII: M. Bamatabois’s InactivityChapter 54XIII: The Solution of Some Questions Connected with the Municipal PoliceChapter 55I: The Beginning of ReposeChapter 56II: How Jean May Become ChampChapter 57I: Sister SimpliceChapter 58II: The Perspicacity of Master ScaufflaireChapter 59III: A Tempest in a SkullChapter 60IV: Forms Assumed by Suffering During SleepChapter 61V: HindrancesChapter 62VI: Sister Simplice Put to the ProofChapter 63VII: The Traveller on His Arrival Takes Precautions for DepartureChapter 64VIII: An Entrance by FavorChapter 65IX: A Place Where Convictions Are in Process of FormationChapter 66X: The System of DenialsChapter 67XI: Champmathieu More and More AstonishedChapter 68I: In What Mirror M. Madeleine Contemplates His HairChapter 69II: Fantine HappyChapter 70III: Javert SatisfiedChapter 71IV: Authority Reasserts Its RightsChapter 72V: A Suitable TombChapter 73I: What Is Met with on the Way from NivellesChapter 74II: HougomontChapter 75III: The Eighteenth of June, 1815Chapter 76IV: AChapter 77V: The Quid Obscurum of BattlesChapter 78VI: Four O’Clock in the AfternoonChapter 79VII: Napoleon in a Good HumorChapter 80VIII: The Emperor Puts a Question to the Guide LacosteChapter 81IX: The UnexpectedChapter 82X: The Plateau of Mont-Saint-JeanChapter 83XI: A Bad Guide to Napoleon; A Good Guide to BülowChapter 84XII: The GuardChapter 85XIII: The CatastropheChapter 86XIV: The Last SquareChapter 87XV: CambronneChapter 88XVI: Quot Libras in Duce?Chapter 89XVII: Is Waterloo to Be Considered Good?Chapter 90XVIII: A Recrudescence of Divine RightChapter 91XIX: The Battlefield at NightChapter 92I: Number 24,601 Becomes Number 9,430Chapter 93II: In Which the Reader Will Peruse Two Verses, Which Are of the Devil’s Composition, PossiblyChapter 94III: The Ankle-Chain Must Have Undergone a Certain Preparatory Manipulation to Be Thus Broken with a Blow from a HammerChapter 95Book III: Accomplishment of the Promise Made to the Dead WomanChapter 96I: The Water Question at MontfermeilChapter 97II: Two Complete PortraitsChapter 98III: Men Must Have Wine, and Horses Must Have WaterChapter 99IV: Entrance on the Scene of a DollChapter 100V: The Little One All Alone
Chapter 101VI: Which Possibly Proves Boulatruelle’s IntelligenceChapter 102VII: Cosette Side by Side with the Stranger in the DarkChapter 103VIII: The Unpleasantness of Receiving Into One’s House a Poor Man Who May Be a Rich ManChapter 104IX: Thénardier and His ManouvresChapter 105X: He Who Seeks to Better Himself May Render His Situation WorseChapter 106XI: Number 9,430 Reappears, and Cosette Wins It in the LotteryChapter 107I: Master GorbeauChapter 108II: A Nest for Owl and a WarblerChapter 109III: Two Misfortunes Make One Piece of Good FortuneChapter 110IV: The Remarks of the Principal TenantChapter 111V: A Five-Franc Piece Falls on the Ground and Produces a TumultChapter 112I: The Zigzags of StrategyChapter 113II: It Is Lucky That the Pont d’Austerlitz Bears CarriagesChapter 114III: To Wit, the Plan of Paris in 1727Chapter 115IV: The Gropings of FlightChapter 116V: Which Would Be Impossible with Gas LanternsChapter 117VI: The Beginning of an EnigmaChapter 118VII: Continuation of the EnigmaChapter 119VIII: The Enigma Becomes Doubly MysteriousChapter 120IX: The Man with the BellChapter 121X: Which Explains How Javert Got on the ScentChapter 122I: Number 62 Rue Petit-PicpusChapter 123II: The Obedience of Martin VergaChapter 124III: AusteritiesChapter 125IV: GayetiesChapter 126V: DistractionsChapter 127VI: The Little ConventChapter 128VII: Some Silhouettes of This DarknessChapter 129VIII: Post Corda LapidesChapter 130IX: A Century Under a GuimpeChapter 131X: Origin of the Perpetual AdorationChapter 132XI: End of the Petit-PicpusChapter 133I: The Convent as an Abstract IdeaChapter 134II: The Convent as an Historical FactChapter 135III: On What Conditions One Can Respect the PastChapter 136IV: The Convent from the Point of View of PrinciplesChapter 137V: PrayerChapter 138VI: The Absolute Goodness of PrayerChapter 139VII: Precautions to Be Observed in BlameChapter 140VIII: Faith, LawChapter 141I: Which Treats of the Manner of Entering a ConventChapter 142II: Fauchelevent in the Presence of a DifficultyChapter 143III: Mother InnocenteChapter 144IV: In Which Jean Valjean Has Quite the Air of Having Read Austin CastillejoChapter 145V: It Is Not Necessary to Be Drunk in Order to Be ImmortalChapter 146VI: Between Four PlanksChapter 147VII: In Which Will Be Found the Origin of the Saying: Don’t Lose the CardChapter 148VIII: A Successful InterrogatoryChapter 149IX: CloisteredChapter 150I: Parvulus
Chapter 151II: Some of His Particular CharacteristicsChapter 152III: He Is AgreeableChapter 153IV: He May Be of UseChapter 154V: His FrontiersChapter 155VI: A Bit of HistoryChapter 156VII: The Gamin Should Have His Place in the Classifications of IndiaChapter 157VIII: In Which the Reader Will Find a Charming Saying of the Last KingChapter 158IX: The Old Soul of GaulChapter 159X: Ecce Paris, Ecce HomoChapter 160XI: To Scoff, to ReignChapter 161XII: The Future Latent in the PeopleChapter 162XIII: Little GavrocheChapter 163I: Ninety Years and Thirty-Two TeethChapter 164II: Like Master, Like HouseChapter 165III: Luc-EspritChapter 166IV: A Centenarian AspirantChapter 167V: Basque and NicoletteChapter 168VI: In Which Magnon and Her Two Children Are SeenChapter 169VII: Rule: Receive No One Except in the EveningChapter 170VIII: Two Do Not Make a PairChapter 171I: An Ancient SalonChapter 172II: One of the Red Spectres of That EpochChapter 173III: RequiescantChapter 174IV: End of the BrigandChapter 175V: The Utility of Going to Mass, in Order to Become a RevolutionistChapter 176VI: The Consequences of Having Met a WardenChapter 177VII: Some PetticoatChapter 178VIII: Marble Against GraniteChapter 179I: A Group Which Barely Missed Becoming HistoricChapter 180II: Blondeau’s Funeral Oration by BossuetChapter 181III: Marius’ AstonishmentsChapter 182IV: The Back Room of the Café MusainChapter 183V: Enlargement of HorizonChapter 184VI: Res AngustaChapter 185I: Marius IndigentChapter 186II: Marius PoorChapter 187III: Marius Grown UpChapter 188IV: M. MabeufChapter 189V: Poverty a Good Neighbor for MiseryChapter 190VI: The SubstituteChapter 191I: The Sobriquet: Mode of Formation of Family NamesChapter 192II: Lux Facta EstChapter 193III: Effect of the SpringChapter 194IV: Beginning of a Great MaladyChapter 195V: Divers Claps of Thunder Fall on Ma’am BougonChapter 196VI: Taken PrisonerChapter 197VII: Adventures of the Letter U Delivered Over to ConjecturesChapter 198VIII: The Veterans Themselves Can Be HappyChapter 199IX: EclipseChapter 200I: Mines and Miners
Chapter 201II: The Lowest DepthsChapter 202III: Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and MontparnasseChapter 203IV: Composition of the TroupeChapter 204I: Marius, While Seeking a Girl in a Bonnet, Encounters a Man in a CapChapter 205II: Treasure TroveChapter 206III: QuadrifronsChapter 207IV: A Rose in MiseryChapter 208V: A Providential PeepholeChapter 209VI: The Wild Man in His LairChapter 210VII: Strategy and TacticsChapter 211VIII: The Ray of Light in the HovelChapter 212IX: Jondrette Comes Near WeepingChapter 213X: Tariff of Licensed Cabs: Two Francs an HourChapter 214XI: Offers of Service from Misery to WretchednessChapter 215XII: The Use Made of M. Leblanc’s Five-Franc PieceChapter 216XIII: Solus Cum Solo, in Loco Remoto, Non Cogitabuntur Orare Pater NosterChapter 217XIV: In Which a Police Agent Bestows Two Fistfuls on a LawyerChapter 218XV: Jondrette Makes His PurchasesChapter 219XVI: In Which Will Be Found the Words to an English Air Which Was in Fashion in 1832Chapter 220XVII: The Use Made of Marius’ Five-Franc PieceChapter 221XVIII: Marius’ Two Chairs Form a Vis-a-VisChapter 222XIX: Occupying One’s Self with Obscure DepthsChapter 223XX: The TrapChapter 224XXI: One Should Always Begin by Arresting the VictimsChapter 225XXII: The Little One Who Was Crying in Volume TwoChapter 226Volume IV: The Idyl in the Rue Plumet and the Epic in the Rue Saint-DenisChapter 227I: Well CutChapter 228II: Badly SewedChapter 229III: Louis PhilippeChapter 230IV: Cracks Beneath the FoundationChapter 231V: Facts Whence History Springs and Which History IgnoresChapter 232VI: Enjolras and His LieutenantsChapter 233I: The Lark’s MeadowChapter 234II: Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of PrisonsChapter 235III: Apparition to Father MabeufChapter 236IV: An Apparition to MariusChapter 237I: The House with a SecretChapter 238II: Jean Valjean as a National GuardChapter 239III: Foliis Ac FrondibusChapter 240IV: Change of GateChapter 241V: The Rose Perceives That It Is an Engine of WarChapter 242VI: The Battle BegunChapter 243VII: To One Sadness Oppose a Sadness and a HalfChapter 244VIII: The Chain-GangChapter 245Book IV: Succor From Below May Turn Out to Be Succor From on High, Book IV: Succor from Below May Turn Out to Be Succor from on HighChapter 246I: A Wound Without, Healing WithinChapter 247II: Mother Plutarque Finds No Difficulty in Explaining a PhenomenonChapter 248Book V: The End of Which Does Not Resemble the BeginningChapter 249I: Solitude and the Barracks CombinedChapter 250II: Cosette’s Apprehensions
Chapter 251III: Enriched with Commentaries by ToussaintChapter 252IV: A Heart Beneath a StoneChapter 253V: Cosette After the LetterChapter 254VI: Old People Are Made to Go Out OpportunelyChapter 255I: The Malicious Playfulness of the WindChapter 256II: In Which Little Gavroche Extracts Profit from Napoleon the GreatChapter 257III: The Vicissitudes of FlightChapter 258I: OriginChapter 259II: RootsChapter 260III: Slang Which Weeps and Slang Which LaughsChapter 261IV: The Two Duties: To Watch and to HopeChapter 262I: Full LightChapter 263II: The Bewilderment of Perfect HappinessChapter 264III: The Beginning of ShadowChapter 265IV: A Cab Runs in English and Barks in SlangChapter 266V: Things of the NightChapter 267VI: Marius Becomes Practical Once More to the Extent of Giving Cosette His AddressChapter 268VII: The Old Heart and the Young Heart in the Presence of Each OtherChapter 269I: Jean ValjeanChapter 270II: MariusChapter 271III: M. MabeufChapter 272I: The Surface of the QuestionChapter 273II: The Root of the MatterChapter 274III: A Burial; An Occasion to Be Born AgainChapter 275IV: The Ebullitions of Former DaysChapter 276V: Originality of ParisChapter 277I: Some Explanations with Regard to the Origin of Gavroche’s PoetryChapter 278II: Gavroche on the MarchChapter 279III: Just Indignation of a HairdresserChapter 280IV: The Child Is Amazed at the Old ManChapter 281V: The Old ManChapter 282VI: RecruitsChapter 283I: History of Corinthe from Its FoundationChapter 284II: Preliminary GayetiesChapter 285III: Night Begins to Descend Upon GrantaireChapter 286IV: An Attempt to Console the Widow HucheloupChapter 287V: PreparationsChapter 288VI: WaitingChapter 289VII: The Man Recruited in the Rue des BillettesChapter 290VIII: Many Interrogation Points with Regard to a Certain le CabucChapter 291I: From the Rue Plumet to the Quartier Saint-DenisChapter 292II: An Owl’s View of ParisChapter 293III: The Extreme EdgeChapter 294I: The Flag: Act FirstChapter 295II: The Flag: Act SecondChapter 296III: Gavroche Would Have Done Better to Accept Enjolras’ CarbineChapter 297IV: The Barrel of PowderChapter 298V: End of the Verses of Jean ProuvaireChapter 299VI: The Agony of Death After the Agony of LifeChapter 300VII: Gavroche as a Profound Calculator of Distances
Chapter 301I: A Drinker Is a BabblerChapter 302II: The Street Urchin an Enemy of LightChapter 303III: While Cosette and Toussaint Are AsleepChapter 304IV: Gavroche’s Excess of ZealChapter 305I: The Charybdis of the Faubourg Saint Antoine and the ScyllaChapter 306II: What Is to Be Done in the Abyss if One Does Not ConverseChapter 307III: Light and ShadowChapter 308IV: Minus Five, Plus OneChapter 309V: The Horizon Which One Beholds from the Summit of a BarricadeChapter 310VI: Marius Haggard, Javert LaconicChapter 311VII: The Situation Becomes AggravatedChapter 312VIII: The Artillerymen Compel People to Take Them SeriouslyChapter 313IX: Employment of the Old Talents of a Poacher and That Infallible Marksmanship Which Influenced the Condemnation of 1796Chapter 314X: DawnChapter 315XI: The Shot Which Misses Nothing and Kills No OneChapter 316XII: Disorder a Partisan of OrderChapter 317XIII: Passing GleamsChapter 318XIV: Wherein Will Appear the Name of Enjolras’ MistressChapter 319XV: Gavroche OutsideChapter 320XVI: How from a Brother One Becomes a FatherChapter 321XVII: Mortuus Pater Filium Moriturum ExpectatChapter 322XVIII: The Vulture Become PreyChapter 323XIX: Jean Valjean Takes His RevengeChapter 324XX: The Dead Are in the Right and the Living Are Not in the WrongChapter 325XXI: The HeroesChapter 326XXII: Foot to FootChapter 327XXIII: Orestes Fasting and Pylades DrunkChapter 328XXIV: PrisonerChapter 329I: The Land Impoverished by the SeaChapter 330II: Ancient History of the SewerChapter 331III: BruneseauChapter 332Chapter IVChapter 333V: Present ProgressChapter 334VI: Future ProgressChapter 335I: The Sewer and Its SurprisesChapter 336II: ExplanationChapter 337III: The “Spun” ManChapter 338IV: He Also Bears His CrossChapter 339V: In the Case of Sand as in That of Woman, There Is a Fineness Which Is TreacherousChapter 340VI: The FontisChapter 341VII: One Sometimes Runs Aground When One Fancies That One Is DisembarkingChapter 342VIII: The Torn CoattailChapter 343IX: Marius Produces on Some One Who Is a Judge of the Matter, the Effect of Being DeadChapter 344X: Return of the Son Who Was Prodigal of His LifeChapter 345XI: Concussion in the AbsoluteChapter 346XII: The GrandfatherChapter 347Chapter IChapter 348I: In Which the Tree with the Zinc Plaster Appears AgainChapter 349II: Marius, Emerging from Civil War, Makes Ready for Domestic WarChapter 350III: Marius Attacked
Chapter 351IV: Mademoiselle Gillenormand Ends by No Longer Thinking It a Bad Thing That M. Fauchelevent Should Have Entered with Something Under His ArmChapter 352V: Deposit Your Money in a Forest Rather Than with a NotaryChapter 353VI: The Two Old Men Do Everything, Each One After His Own Fashion, to Render Cosette HappyChapter 354VII: The Effects of Dreams Mingled with HappinessChapter 355VIII: Two Men Impossible to FindChapter 356I: The 16th of February, 1833Chapter 357II: Jean Valjean Still Wears His Arm in a SlingChapter 358III: The InseparableChapter 359IV: The Immortal LiverChapter 360I: The Seventh Circle and the Eighth HeavenChapter 361II: The Obscurities Which a Revelation Can ContainChapter 362I: The Lower ChamberChapter 363II: Another Step BackwardsChapter 364III: They Recall the Garden of the Rue PlumetChapter 365IV: Attraction and ExtinctionChapter 366I: Pity for the Unhappy, but Indulgence for the HappyChapter 367II: Last Flickerings of a Lamp Without OilChapter 368III: A Pen Is Heavy to the Man Who Lifted the Fauchelevent’s CartChapter 369IV: A Bottle of Ink Which Only Succeeded in WhiteningChapter 370V: A Night Behind Which There Is DayChapter 371VI: The Grass Covers and the Rain Effaces