Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT Ch.2
CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS Ch.3
CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH Ch.4
CHAPTER III—THE LARK Ch.5
CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE Ch.6
CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP Ch.7
CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR Ch.8
CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED Ch.9
CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB Ch.10
CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT Ch.11
CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF Ch.12
CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY Ch.13
CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR Ch.14
CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION Ch.15
CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY Ch.16
CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT Ch.17
CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT Ch.18
CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS Ch.19
CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW Ch.20
CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ Ch.21
CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T Ch.22
CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED Ch.23
CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF Ch.24
CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE Ch.25
CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE Ch.26
CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR Ch.27
CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A Ch.28
CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE Ch.29
CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA Ch.30
CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE Ch.31
CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE Ch.32
CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE Ch.33
CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN Ch.34
CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE Ch.35
CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH Ch.36
CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO Ch.37
CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS Ch.38
CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS Ch.39
CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG Ch.40
CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A Ch.41
CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY Ch.42
CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE Ch.43
CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT Ch.44
CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE Ch.45
CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING Ch.46
CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH Ch.47
CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF Ch.48
CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS Ch.49
CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S Ch.50
CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS Ch.51
CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE Ch.52
CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE Ch.53
CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ Ch.54
CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES Ch.55
CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL Ch.56
CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT Ch.57
CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE Ch.58
CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER Ch.59
CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS Ch.60
CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS Ch.61
CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS Ch.62
CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, Ch.63
CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER Ch.64
CHAPTER I Ch.65
CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC Ch.66
CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A Ch.67
CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN Ch.68
CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND Ch.69
CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER Ch.70
CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN Ch.71
CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION Ch.72
CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S Ch.73
CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES Ch.74
CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL Ch.75
CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME Ch.76
1712. This palace was a genuine seignorial residence. Everything about Ch.77
CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP Ch.78
CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS Ch.79
CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG Ch.80
CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM Ch.81
CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE Ch.82
CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING Ch.83
CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER Ch.84
CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT Ch.85
CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION Ch.86
CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME Ch.87
CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED Ch.88
CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT Ch.89
CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING Ch.90
CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM. Ch.91
CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE. Ch.92
CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER. Ch.93
CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY Ch.94
CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN Ch.95
CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR Ch.96
CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS Ch.97
CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES Ch.98
CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED Ch.99
CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES Ch.100
CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS Ch.101
CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS Ch.102
CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 Ch.103
CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE Ch.104
CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR Ch.105
CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY Ch.106
CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA’S Ch.107
CHAPTER VI—A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER Ch.108
CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS Ch.109
CHAPTER VIII—THE DEATH OF A HORSE Ch.110
CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH Ch.111
CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER Ch.112
CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES Ch.113
CHAPTER III—THE LARK Ch.114
CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS Ch.115
CHAPTER II—MADELEINE Ch.116
CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE Ch.117
CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING Ch.118
CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON Ch.119
CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT Ch.120
CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS Ch.121
CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY Ch.122
CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS Ch.123
CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS Ch.124
CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT Ch.125
CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY Ch.126
CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE Ch.127
CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE Ch.128
CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP Ch.129
CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE Ch.130
CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE Ch.131
CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL Ch.132
CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP Ch.133
CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES Ch.134
CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF Ch.135
CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR Ch.136
CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR Ch.137
CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION Ch.138
CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS Ch.139
CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED Ch.140
CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR Ch.141
CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY Ch.142
CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED Ch.143
CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS Ch.144
CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB Ch.145
CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES Ch.146
CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT Ch.147
CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815 Ch.148
CHAPTER IV—A Ch.149
CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES Ch.150
CHAPTER VI—FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON Ch.151
CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR Ch.152
CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE Ch.153
CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED Ch.154
CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN Ch.155
CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW Ch.156
CHAPTER XII—THE GUARD Ch.157
CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE Ch.158
CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE Ch.159
CHAPTER XV—CAMBRONNE Ch.160
CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE? Ch.161
CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD? Ch.162
CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT Ch.163
CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT Ch.164
CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430 Ch.165
CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE Ch.166
CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY Ch.167
CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL Ch.168
CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS Ch.169
CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER Ch.170
CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL Ch.171
CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE Ch.172
CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE Ch.173
CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK Ch.174
CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR Ch.175
CHAPTER IX— THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES Ch.176
CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE Ch.177
CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY Ch.178
CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU Ch.179
CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER Ch.180
CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE Ch.181
CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT Ch.182
CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT Ch.183
CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY Ch.184
CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES Ch.185
CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727 Ch.186
CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT Ch.187
CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS Ch.188
CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA Ch.189
CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA Ch.190
CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS Ch.191
CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL Ch.192
CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT Ch.193
episode of the thousand-franc bill. She had seen it! She had handled Ch.194
CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS Ch.195
CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA Ch.196
CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES Ch.197
CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES Ch.198
CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS Ch.199
CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT Ch.200
CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS Ch.201
CHAPTER VIII—POST CORDA LAPIDES Ch.202
CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE Ch.203
CHAPTER X—ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION Ch.204
CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS Ch.205
CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA Ch.206
CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT Ch.207
CHAPTER III—ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST Ch.208
CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES Ch.209
CHAPTER V—PRAYER Ch.210
CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER Ch.211
CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME Ch.212
CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW Ch.213
CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT Ch.214
CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY Ch.215
CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE Ch.216
CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ Ch.217
CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL Ch.218
CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS Ch.219
CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE Ch.220
CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY Ch.221
CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED Ch.222
CHAPTER I—PARVULUS Ch.223
CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS Ch.224
CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE Ch.225
CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE Ch.226
CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS Ch.227
CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY Ch.228
CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF Ch.229
CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE Ch.230
CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL Ch.231
CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO Ch.232
CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN Ch.233
CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE Ch.234
CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE Ch.235
CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH Ch.236
CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE Ch.237
CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT Ch.238
CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT Ch.239
CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE Ch.240
CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN Ch.241
CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING Ch.242
CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR Ch.243
CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON Ch.244
CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH Ch.245
1794. Pontmercy fought at Spire, at Worms, at Neustadt, at Turkheim, at Ch.246
CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT Ch.247
introduction into history of M. le Marquis de Bonaparte, Ch.248
CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND Ch.249
CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A Ch.250
CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN Ch.251
CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT Ch.252
CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE Ch.253
CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC Ch.254
CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET Ch.255
CHAPTER III—MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS Ch.256
CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN Ch.257
CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON Ch.258
CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA Ch.259
CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT Ch.260
CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR Ch.261
CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP Ch.262
CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF Ch.263
CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY Ch.264
CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE Ch.265
CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES Ch.266
CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST Ch.267
CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING Ch.268
CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY Ch.269
CHAPTER V—DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON Ch.270
CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER Ch.271
CHAPTER VII—ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES Ch.272
CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY Ch.273
CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE Ch.274
CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS Ch.275
CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS Ch.276
CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE Ch.277
CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE Ch.278
CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN Ch.279
CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE Ch.280
CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS Ch.281
CHAPTER IV—A ROSE IN MISERY Ch.282
CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE Ch.283
CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR Ch.284
CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS Ch.285
CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL Ch.286
CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING Ch.287
CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR Ch.288
CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS Ch.289
CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE Ch.290
CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE Ch.291
CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER Ch.292
CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES Ch.293
CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH Ch.294
CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE Ch.295
CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS Ch.296
CHAPTER XIX—OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS Ch.297
CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP Ch.298
CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS Ch.299
CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO Ch.300
CHAPTER I—WELL CUT Ch.301
CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED Ch.302
CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE Ch.303
CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION Ch.304
CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES Ch.305
CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS Ch.306
CHAPTER I—THE LARK’S MEADOW Ch.307
CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS Ch.308
CHAPTER III—APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF Ch.309
CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS Ch.310
CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET Ch.311
CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD Ch.312
1831. The municipal information collected at that time had even reached Ch.313
CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS Ch.314
CHAPTER IV—CHANGE OF GATE Ch.315
CHAPTER V—THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR Ch.316
CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN Ch.317
CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF Ch.318
CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG Ch.319
CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN Ch.320
CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A Ch.321
CHAPTER I—SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED Ch.322
CHAPTER II—COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS Ch.323
CHAPTER III—ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT Ch.324
CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE Ch.325
CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER Ch.326
CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY Ch.327
CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND Ch.328
CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE Ch.329
CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT Ch.330
CHAPTER I—ORIGIN Ch.331
CHAPTER II—ROOTS Ch.332
CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS Ch.333
CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE Ch.334
CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT Ch.335
CHAPTER II—THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS Ch.336
CHAPTER III—THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW Ch.337
CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG Ch.338
CHAPTER V—THINGS OF THE NIGHT Ch.339
CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING Ch.340
CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH Ch.341
CHAPTER I—JEAN VALJEAN Ch.342
CHAPTER II—MARIUS Ch.343
CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF Ch.344
CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION Ch.345
CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER Ch.346
CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN Ch.347
CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS Ch.348
CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS Ch.349
CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S Ch.350
CHAPTER II—GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH Ch.351
CHAPTER III—JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER Ch.352
CHAPTER IV—THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN Ch.353
CHAPTER V—THE OLD MAN Ch.354
CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS Ch.355
CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION Ch.356
CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES Ch.357
CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE Ch.358
CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP Ch.359
CHAPTER V—PREPARATIONS Ch.360
CHAPTER VI—WAITING Ch.361
CHAPTER VII—THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES Ch.362
CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE Ch.363
CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS Ch.364
CHAPTER II—AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS Ch.365
CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE Ch.366
CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST Ch.367
CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND Ch.368
CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE Ch.369
CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER Ch.370
CHAPTER V—END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE Ch.371
CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE Ch.372
CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES Ch.373
CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER Ch.374
CHAPTER II—THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT Ch.375
CHAPTER III—WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP Ch.376
CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL Ch.377
CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF Ch.378
CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE Ch.379
CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW Ch.380
CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE Ch.381
CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE Ch.382
CHAPTER VI—MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC Ch.383
CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED Ch.384
CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY Ch.385
CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT Ch.386
CHAPTER X—DAWN Ch.387
CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE Ch.388
CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER Ch.389
1832. Captain Fannicot, a bold and impatient bourgeois, a sort of Ch.390
CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS Ch.391
CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS Ch.392
CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE Ch.393
CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER Ch.394
CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT Ch.395
CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY Ch.396
CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE Ch.397
CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE Ch.398
CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES Ch.399
CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT Ch.400
CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK Ch.401
CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER Ch.402
CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA Ch.403
CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER Ch.404
CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU Ch.405
CHAPTER IV Ch.406
CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS Ch.407
CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS Ch.408
1806. All sorts of obstacles hindered this operation, some peculiar to Ch.409
CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES Ch.410
CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION Ch.411
CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN Ch.412
CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS Ch.413
CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS Ch.414
CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS Ch.415
CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS Ch.416
CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL Ch.417
CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, Ch.418
CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE Ch.419
CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE Ch.420
CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER Ch.421
CHAPTER I Ch.422
CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN Ch.423
CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC Ch.424
CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED Ch.425
7. Ah! There we have it! Ah! so you want her! Well, you shall have her. Ch.426
CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A Ch.427
CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY Ch.428
CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN Ch.429
CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS Ch.430
CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND Ch.431
CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 Ch.432
CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING Ch.433
CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE Ch.434
CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 68 Ch.435
CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN Ch.436
CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN Ch.437
CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER Ch.438
CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS Ch.439
CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET Ch.440
CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION Ch.441
CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY Ch.442
CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL Ch.443
CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S Ch.444
CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING Ch.445
CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY Ch.446
CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES Ch.447