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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 CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MUNICIPAL POLICE

BOOK SIXTH—JAVERT CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP

BOOK SEVENTH—THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR DEPARTURE CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED

BOOK EIGHTH—A COUNTER-BLOW CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB

VOLUME II—COSETTE

BOOK FIRST—WATERLOO CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815 CHAPTER IV—A CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES CHAPTER VI—FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW CHAPTER XII—THE GUARD CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE CHAPTER XV—CAMBRONNE CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE? CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD? CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT

BOOK SECOND—THE SHIP ORION CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430 CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE DEVIL’S COMPOSITION, POSSIBLY 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 CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR MAN WHO MAY BE A RICH MAN CHAPTER IX—THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY

BOOK FOURTH—THE GORBEAU HOVEL CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT

BOOK FIFTH—FOR A BLACK HUNT, A MUTE PACK CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727 CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT

BOOK SIXTH—LE PETIT-PICPUS CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS CHAPTER VIII—POST CORDA LAPIDES CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE CHAPTER X—ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS

BOOK SEVENTH—PARENTHESIS CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT CHAPTER III—ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES CHAPTER V—PRAYER CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW

BOOK EIGHTH—CEMETERIES TAKE THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED THEM CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ AUSTIN CASTILLEJO CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE THE CARD CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED

VOLUME III—MARIUS

BOOK FIRST—PARIS STUDIED IN ITS ATOM CHAPTER I—PARVULUS CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIA CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE LAST KING CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE

BOOK SECOND—THE GREAT BOURGEOIS CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR

BOOK THIRD—THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A REVOLUTIONIST CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE

BOOK FOURTH—THE FRIENDS OF THE A B C CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET CHAPTER III—MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA

BOOK FIFTH—THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE

BOOK SIXTH—THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY CHAPTER V—DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER CHAPTER VII—ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE

BOOK SEVENTH—PATRON MINETTE CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE

BOOK EIGHTH—THE WICKED POOR MAN CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN A CAP CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS CHAPTER IV—A ROSE IN MISERY CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE PATER NOSTER CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH WAS IN FASHION IN 1832 CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS CHAPTER XIX—OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO

VOLUME IV—SAINT-DENIS

BOOK FIRST—A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY CHAPTER I—WELL CUT CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS

BOOK SECOND—ÉPONINE CHAPTER I—THE LARK’S MEADOW CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS CHAPTER III—APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS

BOOK THIRD—THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS