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Les Misérables

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

An escaped convict steals two candlesticks and uses the proceeds to redeem himself and become an honest man.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1862
Latest release
Oct 9, 2026
Pages
2242
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Fantine
  3. Book I. M. Myriel
  4. Book II. The Fall
  5. I. The Year 1817
  6. Book IV
  7. Book V. The Descent
  8. Book VI. I. The Beginning of Repose
  9. Book VII. The Champmathieu Affair
  10. Book VIII. A Counterblow
  11. Cosette
  12. I. What Is Met with on the Way from Nivelles
  13. Book II. The Ship Orion
  14. I. The Water Question at Montfermeil
  15. Book IV. The Gorbeau Hovel
  16. I. The Zigzags of Strategy
  17. Book VI, I. Number 62 Rue Petit-Picpus
  18. Book VII. The Convent as an Abstract Idea
  19. Book VIII. Cemeteries Take That Which Is Committed Them
  20. Marius
  21. I. Parvulus
  22. I. Ninety Years and Thirty-Two Teeth
  23. Book III. The Grandfather and the Grandson
  24. Book IV. The Friends of the A.B.C.
  25. Book V, I. Marius Indigent
  26. Book VI. The Conjunction of Two Stars
  27. I. Mines and Miners
  28. Book VIII
  29. The Idyl in the Rue Plumet and the Epic in the Rue Saint-Denis
  30. Book I. A Few Pages of History
  31. I. The Lark’s Meadow
  32. I. The House with a Secret
  33. Book IV. A Wound Without, Healing Within
  34. Book V. The End of Which Does Not Resemble the Beginning
  35. Book VI
  36. Book VII. Slang
  37. Book VIII
  38. Book IX. Whither Are They Going?
  39. I The Surface of the Question
  40. Book XI. The Atom Fraternizes with the Hurricane
  41. Book XII
  42. Book XIII. Marius Enters the Shadow
  43. Book XIV, I. The Flag: Act First
  44. Book XV. I. A Drinker Is a Babbler
  45. Jean Valjean
  46. I. The Charybdis of the Faubourg Saint Antoine and the Scylla
  47. I. The Land Impoverished by the Sea
  48. Book III. The Sewer and Its Surprises
  49. I. Javert Derailed
  50. Book V. Grandson and Grandfather
  51. Book VI. The Sleepless Night
  52. I. The Seventh Circle and the Eighth Heaven
  53. Book VIII. I. The Lower Chamber
  54. Book IX. Supreme Shadow, Supreme Dawn