レ・ミゼラブル — Victor Hugo
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org . If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title : Les Misérables Author : Victor Hugo Translator : Isabel Florence Hapgood Release date : June 22, 2008 [eBook #135] Most recently updated: October 29, 2024 Language : English Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/135 Credits : Judith Boss and David Widger *** START OF Hapgood Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. No. 13, Astor Place New York Copyright 1887 Contents LES MISÉRABLES PREFACE VOLUME I—FANTINE BOOK FIRST—A JUST MAN 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 BOOK SECOND—THE FALL 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 BOOK THIRD—IN THE YEAR 1817 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 BOOK FOURTH—TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON’S POWER CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES CHAPTER III—THE LARK BOOK FIFTH—THE DESCENT 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 BOOK SIXTH—JAVERT CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP BOOK SEVENTH—THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR 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 BOOK EIGHTH—A COUNTER-BLOW 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 VOLUME II—COSETTE BOOK FIRST—WATERLOO 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 BOOK SECOND—THE SHIP ORION 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 BOOK THIRD—ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE TO THE DEAD WOMAN 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 BOOK FOURTH—THE GORBEAU HOVEL 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 BOOK FIFTH—FOR A BLACK HUNT, A MUTE PACK 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—CONTINUA