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Les Misérables

VOLUME V JEAN VALJEAN

Isabel Florence Hapgood translation

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Volume 1 · Other sections

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 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 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 Chapter I · —ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER Chapter II · —FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES Chapter III · —THE LARK 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 Chapter I · —THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE Chapter II · —HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP 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 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

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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Volume 3 · Other sections

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 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 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 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 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 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 Chapter I · —MINES AND MINERS Chapter II · —THE LOWEST DEPTHS Chapter III · —BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE Chapter IV · —COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE 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

Volume 2 · Sections

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Volume 4 · Other sections

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 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 Chapter I · —THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET Chapter II · —JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD Chapter III · —FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS Chapter IV · —CHANGE OF GATE Chapter V · —THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR Chapter VI · —THE BATTLE BEGUN Chapter VII · —TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF Chapter VIII · —THE CHAIN-GANG Chapter I · —A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN Chapter II · —MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A PHENOMENON Chapter I · —SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED Chapter II · —COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS Chapter III · —ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT Chapter IV · —A HEART BENEATH A STONE Chapter V · —COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER Chapter VI · —OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY Chapter I · —THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND Chapter II · —IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE GREAT Chapter III · —THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT Chapter I · —ORIGIN Chapter II · —ROOTS Chapter III · —SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS Chapter IV · —THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE Chapter I · —FULL LIGHT Chapter II · —THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS Chapter III · —THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW Chapter IV · —A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG Chapter V · —THINGS OF THE NIGHT Chapter VI · —MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING COSETTE HIS ADDRESS Chapter VII · —THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH OTHER Chapter I · —JEAN VALJEAN Chapter II · —MARIUS Chapter III · —M. MABEUF Chapter I · —THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION Chapter II · —THE ROOT OF THE MATTER Chapter III · —A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN Chapter IV · —THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS Chapter V · —ORIGINALITY OF PARIS Chapter I · —SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S POETRY. THE INFLUENCE OF AN ACADEMICIAN ON THIS POETRY Chapter II · —GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH Chapter III · —JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER Chapter IV · —THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN Chapter V · —THE OLD MAN Chapter VI · —RECRUITS Chapter I · —HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION Chapter II · —PRELIMINARY GAYETIES Chapter III · —NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE Chapter IV · —AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP Chapter V · —PREPARATIONS Chapter VI · —WAITING Chapter VII · —THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES Chapter VIII · —MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE CABUC WHOSE NAME MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LE CABUC Chapter I · —FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS Chapter II · —AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS Chapter III · —THE EXTREME EDGE

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Chapter III · —GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE Chapter IV · —THE BARREL OF POWDER Chapter V · —END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE Chapter VI · —THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE Chapter VII · —GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES Chapter I · —A DRINKER IS A BABBLER Chapter II · —THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT Chapter III · —WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP Chapter IV · —GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL

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Volume 5 · Other sections

Chapter I · —THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE Chapter II · —WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE Chapter III · —LIGHT AND SHADOW Chapter IV · —MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE Chapter V · —THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE Chapter VI · —MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC Chapter VII · —THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED Chapter VIII · —THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY Chapter IX · —EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT INFALLIBLE MARKSMANSHIP WHICH INFLUENCED THE CONDEMNATION OF 1796 Chapter X · —DAWN Chapter XI · —THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE Chapter XII · —DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER Chapter XIII · —PASSING GLEAMS Chapter XIV · —WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS Chapter XV · —GAVROCHE OUTSIDE Chapter XVI · —HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER Chapter XVII · —MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT Chapter XVIII · —THE VULTURE BECOME PREY Chapter XIX · —JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE Chapter XX · —THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE WRONG Chapter XXI · —THE HEROES Chapter XXII · —FOOT TO FOOT Chapter XXIII · —ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK Chapter XXIV · —PRISONER Chapter I · —THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA Chapter II · —ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER Chapter III · —BRUNESEAU

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Chapter V · —PRESENT PROGRESS Chapter VI · —FUTURE PROGRESS Chapter I · —THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES Chapter II · —EXPLANATION Chapter III · —THE “SPUN” MAN Chapter IV · —HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS Chapter V · —IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS WHICH IS TREACHEROUS Chapter VI · —THE FONTIS Chapter VII · —ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING Chapter VIII · —THE TORN COAT-TAIL Chapter IX · —MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD Chapter X · —RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE Chapter XI · —CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE Chapter XII · —THE GRANDFATHER

Volume 5 · Chapters

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Chapter I · —IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN Chapter II · —MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR Chapter III · —MARIUS ATTACKED Chapter IV · —MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A BAD THING THAT M. FAUCHELEVENT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED WITH SOMETHING UNDER HIS ARM Chapter V · —DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY Chapter VI · —THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION, TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY Chapter VII · —THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS Chapter VIII · —TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND Chapter I · —THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 Chapter II · —JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING Chapter III · —THE INSEPARABLE Chapter IV · —THE IMMORTAL LIVER 68 Chapter I · —THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN Chapter II · —THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN Chapter I · —THE LOWER CHAMBER Chapter II · —ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS Chapter III · —THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET Chapter IV · —ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION Chapter I · —PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY Chapter II · —LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL Chapter III · —A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S CART Chapter IV · —A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING Chapter V · —A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY Chapter VI · —THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES

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Titlepage Volume Five

BOOK FIRST—THE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS

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