Les miserables (Abridged) - Victor Hugo [0]
FROM THE PAGES OF LES MISÉRABLES
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VICTOR HUGO
THE WORLD OF VICTOR HUGO AND LES MISÉRABLES
Introduction
Acknowledgements
A NOTE ON THE ABRIDGMENT
PREFACE
FANTINE - BOOK ONE AN UPRIGHT MAN
Chapter 1 - M. MYRIEL
Chapter 2 - M. MYRIEL BECOMES MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU
Chapter 3 - A DIFFICULT DIOCESE FOR A GOOD BISHOP
Chapter 4 - GOOD WORKS THAT MATCH THE WORDS
5 (7) - CRAVATTE
6 (10) - THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
BOOK TWO - THE FALL
Chapter 1 - THE EVENING AFTER A LONG DAY’S WALK
Chapter 2 - PRUDENCE COMMENDED TO WISDOM
Chapter 3 - THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE
4 (5) - TRANQUILLITY
5 (6) - JEAN VALJEAN
6 (7) - THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR
7 (9) - GRIEVANCES
8 (10) - THE MAN AWAKES
9 (11) - WHAT HE DOES
10 (12) - THE BISHOP AT WORK
11 (13) - PETIT GERVAIS
BOOK THREE - IN THE YEAR 1817
Chapter 1 - THE YEAR 1817
Chapter 2 - DOUBLE FOURSOME
Chapter 3 - FOUR TO FOUR
Chapter 4 - THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH SONG
Chapter 5 - AT BOMBARDA’S
Chapter 6 - A CHAPTER OF SELF-ADMIRATION
Chapter 7 - THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
8 (9) - JOYOUS END OF JOY
BOOK FOUR - TO ENTRUST IS SOMETIMES TO ABANDON
Chapter 1 - ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER
Chapter 2 - FIRST SKETCH OF TWO SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING FACES
Chapter 3 - THE LARK
BOOK FIVE - THE DESCENT
Chapter 1 - THE STORY OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN JET-WORK
Chapter 2 - MADELEINE
Chapter 3 - MONEYS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
Chapter 4 - MONSIEUR MADELEINE IN MOURNING
Chapter 5 - FAINT LIGHTNING FLASHES ON THE HORIZON
Chapter 6 - OLD FAUCHELEVENT
Chapter 7 - FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER AT PARIS
Chapter 8 - MADAME VICTURNIEN SPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY
Chapter 9 - SUCCESS OF MADAME VICTURNIEN
Chapter 10 - FURTHER SUCCESS OF THE GOSSIPS
11 (12) - THE IDLENESS OF MONSIEUR BAMATABOIS
12 (13) - THE SOLUTION TO SOME MUNICIPAL POLICE ISSUES
BOOK SIX - JAVERT
Chapter 1 - THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
Chapter 2 - HOW JEAN CAN BECOME CHAMP
BOOK SEVEN - THE CHAMPMATHIEU CASE
Chapter 1 - SISTER SIMPLICE
Chapter 2 - THE SHREWDNESS OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE
3 (4) - FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
4 (5) - OBSTACLES
5 (6) - SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE TEST
6 (7) - THE TRAVELLER ARRIVES AND PROVIDES FOR HIS RETURN
7 (8) - ADMISSION BY FAVOUR
8 (9) - A PLACE FOR ARRIVING AT CONVICTIONS
9 (10) - THE ACCUSED
10 (11) - CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
BOOK EIGHT - COUNTER-STROKE
Chapter 1 - IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE LOOKS AT HIS HAIR
Chapter 2 - FANTINE HAPPY
Chapter 3 - JAVERT SATISFIED
Chapter 4 - AUTHORITY RESUMES ITS SWAY
Chapter 5 - A FITTING TOMB
COSETTE - BOOK ONE WATERLOO
Chapter 1 - WHAT YOU MEET IN COMING FROM NIVELLES
2 (19) - THE FIELD OF BATTLE AT NIGHT
BOOK Two - THE CONVICT SHIP ORION
Chapter 1 - NUMBER 24601 BECOMES NUMBER 9430
2 (3) - SHOWING THAT THE CHAIN OF THE SHACKLE MUST NEEDS HAVE UNDERGONE A ...
BOOK THREE - KEEPING THE PROMISE TO THE DEAD WOMAN
Chapter 1 - THE WATER PROBLEM AT MONTFERMEIL
Chapter 2 - TWO PORTRAITS COMPLETED
Chapter 3 - MEN MUST HAVE WINE AND HORSES WATER
Chapter 4 - A DOLL COMES ONSTAGE
Chapter 5 - THE LITTLE GIRL ALL ALONE
Chapter 6 - WHICH PERHAPS PROVES THE INTELLIGENCE OF BOULATRUELLE
Chapter 7 - COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE UNKNOWN, IN THE DARKNESS
Chapter 8 - INCONVENIENCE OF ENTERTAINING A POOR MAN WHO IS PERHAPS RICH
Chapter 9 - THENARDIER MANŒUVRING
Chapter 10 - WHO SEEKS THE BEST MAY FIND THE WORST
Chapter 11 - NUMBER 9430 COMES UP AGAIN, AND COSETTE DRAWS IT
BOOK FOUR - THE OLD GORBEAU HOUSE
Chapter 1 - MASTER GORBEAU
Chapter 2 - A NEST FOR OWL AND WREN
Chapter 3 - TWO MISFORTUNES MINGLED MAKE HAPPINESS
Chapter 4 - WHAT THE LANDLADY DISCOVERED
Chapter 5 - A FIVE-FRANC COIN FALLING ON THE FLOOR MAKES A NOISE
BOOK FIVE - A SINISTER HUNT REQUIRES A SILENT PACK
Chapter 1 - STRATEGIC ZIGZAGS
Chapter 2 - IT IS FORTUNATE THAT VEHICLES CAN CROSS THE BRIDGE OF AUSTERLITZ
Chapter 3 - SEE THE MAP OF PARIS IN 1727
Chapter 4 - GROPING FOR ESCAPE
Chapter 5 - WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WERE THE