Les Miserables

 

By

 

Victor Hugo

 

Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood

 


CONTENTS:

 

VOLUME I. FANTINE. 13

PREFACE. 13

BOOK FIRST--A JUST MAN.. 14

CHAPTER I M. MYRIEL. 14

CHAPTER II M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME. 17

CHAPTER III A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP. 22

CHAPTER IV WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS. 24

CHAPTER V MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG   30

CHAPTER VI WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM... 33

CHAPTER VII CRAVATTE. 37

CHAPTER VIII PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING.. 41

CHAPTER IX THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER.. 44

CHAPTER X THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT. 47

CHAPTER XI A RESTRICTION.. 58

CHAPTER XII THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME. 61

CHAPTER XIII WHAT HE BELIEVED.. 63

CHAPTER XIV WHAT HE THOUGHT. 66

BOOK SECOND--THE FALL. 68

CHAPTER I THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING.. 68

CHAPTER II PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM. 80

CHAPTER III THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE. 83

CHAPTER IV DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER. 88

CHAPTER V TRANQUILLITY.. 91

CHAPTER VI JEAN VALJEAN.. 93

CHAPTER VII THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR.. 97

CHAPTER VIII BILLOWS AND SHADOWS. 103

CHAPTER IX NEW TROUBLES. 105

CHAPTER X THE MAN AROUSED.. 106

CHAPTER XI WHAT HE DOES. 109

CHAPTER XII THE BISHOP WORKS. 112

CHAPTER XIII LITTLE GERVAIS. 116

BOOK THIRD.--IN THE YEAR 1817. 124

CHAPTER I THE YEAR 1817. 124

CHAPTER II A DOUBLE QUARTETTE. 128

CHAPTER III FOUR AND FOUR.. 131

CHAPTER IV THOLOMYES IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY.. 134

CHAPTER V AT BOMBARDA'S. 136

CHAPTER VI A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER.. 138

CHAPTER VII THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES. 140

CHAPTER VIII THE DEATH OF A HORSE. 145

CHAPTER IX A MERRY END TO MIRTH.. 148

BOOK FOURTH.--TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON'S POWER   151

CHAPTER I ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER.. 151

CHAPTER II FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES. 159

CHAPTER III THE LARK.. 161

BOOK FIFTH.--THE DESCENT. 164

CHAPTER I THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS. 164

CHAPTER II MADELEINE. 166

CHAPTER III SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE. 169

CHAPTER IV M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING.. 172

CHAPTER V VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON.. 174

CHAPTER VI FATHER FAUCHELEVENT. 178

CHAPTER VII FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS. 182

CHAPTER VIII MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY   183

CHAPTER IX MADAME VICTURNIEN'S SUCCESS. 186

CHAPTER X RESULT OF THE SUCCESS. 188

CHAPTER XI CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT. 193

CHAPTER XII M. BAMATABOIS'S INACTIVITY.. 194

CHAPTER XIII THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MUNICIPAL POLICE  196

BOOK SIXTH.--JAVERT. 204

CHAPTER I THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE. 204

CHAPTER II HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP. 208

BOOK SEVENTH.--THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR.. 217

CHAPTER I SISTER SIMPLICE. 217

CHAPTER II THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE. 220

CHAPTER III A TEMPEST IN A SKULL. 225

CHAPTER IV FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP. 240

CHAPTER V HINDRANCES. 244

CHAPTER VI SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF. 257

CHAPTER VII THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR DEPARTURE  263

CHAPTER VIII AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR.. 268

CHAPTER IX A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION   271

CHAPTER X THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS. 276

CHAPTER XI CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED.. 282

BOOK EIGHTH.--A COUNTER-BLOW... 286

CHAPTER I IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR.. 286

CHAPTER II FANTINE HAPPY.. 289

CHAPTER III JAVERT SATISFIED.. 293

CHAPTER IV AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS.