VICTOR HUGO.

PART FIFTH.

JEAN VALJEAN.

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY SIR LASCELLES WRAXALL.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1887

THE DEATH OF JEAN VALJEAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

JEAN VALJEAN.

BOOK I.

THE WAR WITHIN FOUR WALLS.

I. THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG ST. ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE

II. NOTHING TO DO IN THE ABYSS BUT TALK

III. CLEARING AND CLOUDING

IV. FIVE LESS AND ONE MORE

V. THE HORIZON ONE SEES FROM THE BARRICADE'S SUMMIT

VI. MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC

VII. THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED

VIII. THE ARTILLERY SETS TO WORK IN EARNEST

IX. EMPLOYMENT OF THE POACHER'S OLD SKILL AND HIS UNERRING SHOT, WHICH HAD AND INFLUENCE ON THE CONDEMNATION IN 1796

X. DAWN

XI. THE SHOT WHICH DOES NOT MISS AND WHICH KILLS NOBODY

XII. DISORDER THE PARTISAN OF ORDER

XIII. GLEAMS WHICH FADE

XIV. IN WHICH WE READ THE NAME OF THE MISTRESS OF ENJOLRAS

XV. GAVROCHE OUTSIDE

XVI. HOW A BROTHER BECOMES A FATHER

XVII. MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT

XVIII. THE VULTURE BECOMES PREY

XIX. JEAN VALJEAN REVENGES HIMSELF

XX. THE DEAD ARE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT WRONG

XXI. THE HEROES

XXII. STEP BY STEP

XXIII. ORESTES SOBER AND PYLADES DRUNK

XXIV. PRISONER!

BOOK II.

THE INTESTINE OF LEVIATHAN.

I. THE EARTH IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA

II. THE OLD HISTORY OF THE SEWER

III. BRUNESEAU

IV. CONCEALED DETAILS

V. PRESENT PROGRESS

VI. FUTURE PROGRESS

BOOK III.

MUD, BUT SOUL.

I. THE CLOACA AND ITS SURPRISES

II. EXPLANATION

III. THE TRACKED MAN

IV. HE TOO BEARS HIS CROSS

V. SAND, LIKE WOMAN, HAS A FINENESS THAT IS PERFIDIOUS

VI. THE FONTIS

VII. SOMETIMES ONE IS STRANDED WHERE HE THINKS TO LAND

VIII. THE TOM COAT-SKIRT

IX. MARIUS APPEARS DEAD TO A CONNOISSEUR

X. RETURN OF THE SON PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE

XI. A SHAKING IN THE ABSOLUTE

XII. THE GRANDFATHER

BOOK IV.

JAVERT DERAILED.

BOOK V.

GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER.

I. WHERE WE AGAIN MEET THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PATCH

II. MARIUS, LEAVING CIVIL WAR, PREPARES FOR A DOMESTIC WAR

III. MARIUS ATTACKS

IV. MLLE. GILLENORMAND HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE MATCH

V. DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY

VI. THE TWO OLD MEN, EACH IN HIS FASHION, DO EVERYTHING FOR COSETTE'S HAPPINESS

VII. THE EFFECTS OF DREAMING BLENDED WITH HAPPINESS

VIII. TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

BOOK VI.

THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT.

I. FEBRUARY 16, 1833

II. JEAN VALJEAN STILL HAS HIS ARM IN A SLING

III. THE INSEPARABLE

IV. IMMORTALE JECUR

BOOK VII.

THE LAST DROP IN THE BITTER CUP.

I. THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN

II. THE OBSCURITY WHICH A REVELATION MAY CONTAIN

BOOK VIII.

TWILIGHT DECLINES.

I. THE GROUND-FLOOR ROOM

II. OTHER BACKWARD STEPS

III. THEY REMEMBER THE GARDEN IN THE RUE PLUMET

IV. ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION

BOOK IX.

SUPREME DARKNESS, SUPREME DAWN.

I. PITY THE UNHAPPY, BUT BE INDULGENT TO THE HAPPY

II. THE LAST FLUTTERINGS OF THE LAMP WITHOUT OIL

III. A PEN IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE MAN WHO LIFTED FAUCHELEVENT'S CART

IV. A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY WHITENS

V. A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH IS DAY

VI. THE GRASS HIDES, AND THE RAIN EFFACES

ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE DEATH OF VALJEAN Vol. V. Frontispiece Drawn by G. Jeanniot. THE DEATH OF GAVROCHE Drawn by G. Jeanniot.

JEAN VALJEAN.