LES MISÉRABLES.
BY
VICTOR HUGO.
PART FIFTH.
JEAN VALJEAN.
AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY LAWRENCE WRAXALL.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1887
[Illustration: 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 AN
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.
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