Les Misérables is a sweeping social and historical novel by Victor Hugo about justice, mercy, and poverty in nineteenth-century France. It follows ex-convict Jean Valjean, Bishop Myriel, and the young Fantine through stories of guilt, redemption, and human solidarity. It is worth listening to for its broad portrait of society, its moral questions, and its memorable characters.
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LES MISÉRABLES By Victor Hugo Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. No. 13, Astor Place New York Copyright 1887 Bookshelf spines Frontpapers Frontispiece Titlepage Volume One Titlepage Verso
Contents LES MISÉRABLES PREFACE VOLUME I—FANTINE BOOK FIRST—A JUST MAN CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT BOOK SECOND—THE FALL CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY
CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS BOOK THIRD—IN THE YEAR 1817 CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA’S CHAPTER VI—A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS CHAPTER VIII—THE DEATH OF A HORSE CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH BOOK FOURTH—TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON’S POWER CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES CHAPTER III—THE LARK BOOK FIFTH—THE DESCENT CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS CHAPTER II—MADELEINE CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
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