Table of Contents
Volume 1 Fantine
- BOOK I. A JUST MAN.
- CHAPTER I. M. MYRIEL. (1)
- CHAPTER II. M. MYRIEL BECOMES MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME. (2)
- CHAPTER III. A GOOD BISHOP AND A HARD BISHOPRIC. (3)
- CHAPTER IV. WORKS RESEMBLING WORDS. (4)
- CHAPTER V. MONSEIGNEUR’S CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG. (5)
- CHAPTER VI. BY WHOM THE HOUSE WAS GUARDED. (6)
- CHAPTER VII. CRAVATTE. (7)
- CHAPTER VIII. PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING. (8)
- CHAPTER IX. THE BROTHER DESCRIBED BY THE SISTER. (9)
- CHAPTER X. THE BISHOP FACES A NEW LIGHT. (10)
- CHAPTER XI. A RESTRICTION. (11)
- CHAPTER XII. MONSEIGNEUR’S SOLITUDE. (12)
- CHAPTER XIII. WHAT HE BELIEVED. (13)
- CHAPTER XIV. WHAT HE THOUGHT. (14)
- BOOK II. THE FALL.
- CHAPTER I. THE CLOSE OF A DAY’S MARCH. (15)
- CHAPTER II. PRUDENCE RECOMMENDED TO WISDOM. (16)
- CHAPTER III. THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE. (17)
- CHAPTER IV. CHEESEMAKING AT PONTARLIER. (18)
- CHAPTER V. TRANQUILLITY. (19)
- CHAPTER VI. JEAN VALJEAN. (20)
- CHAPTER VII. A DESPERATE MAN’S HEART. (21)
- CHAPTER VIII. THE WAVE AND THE DARKNESS. (22)
- CHAPTER IX. NEW WRONGS. (23)
- CHAPTER X. THE MAN AWAKE. (24)
- CHAPTER XI. WHAT HE DID. (25)
- CHAPTER XII. THE BISHOP AT WORK. (26)
- CHAPTER XIII. LITTLE GERVAIS. (27)
- BOOK III IN THE YEAR 1817.
- CHAPTER I. THE YEAR 1817. (28)
- CHAPTER II. A DOUBLE QUARTETTE. (29)
- CHAPTER III. FOUR TO FOUR. (30)
- CHAPTER IV. THOLOMYÈS SINGS A SPANISH SONG. (31)
- CHAPTER V. AT BOMBARDA’S. (32)
- CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH PEOPLE ADORE EACH OTHER. (33)
- CHAPTER VII. THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS. (34)
- CHAPTER VIII. THE DEATH OF A HORSE. (35)
- CHAPTER IX. THE JOYOUS END OF JOY. (36)
- BOOK IV. TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO ABANDON.
- BOOK V. THE DESCENT.
- CHAPTER I. PROGRESS IN BLACK-BEAD MAKING. (40)
- CHAPTER II. MADELEINE. (41)
- CHAPTER III. SUMS LODGED AT LAFITTE’S. (42)
- CHAPTER IV. M. MADELEINE GOES INTO MOURNING. (43)
- CHAPTER V. VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON. (44)
- CHAPTER VI. FATHER FAUCHELEVENT. (45)
- CHAPTER VII. FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER AT PARIS. (46)
- CHAPTER VIII. MADAME VICTURNIEN SPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY. (47)
- CHAPTER IX. SUCCESS OF MADAME VICTURNIEN. (48)
- CHAPTER X. RESULT OF HER SUCCESS. (49)
- CHAPTER XI. CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT. (50)
- CHAPTER XII. M. BAMATABOIS’ IDLENESS. (51)
- CHAPTER XIII. THE POLICE OFFICE. (52)
- BOOK VI. JAVERT.
- BOOK VII THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR.
- CHAPTER I. SISTER SIMPLICE. (55)
- CHAPTER II. SCAUFFLAIRE’S PERSPICACITY. (56)
- CHAPTER III. A TEMPEST IN A BRAIN. (57)
- CHAPTER IV. SUFFERINGS IN SLEEP. (58)
- CHAPTER V. OBSTACLES. (59)
- CHAPTER VI SISTER SIMPLICE IS SORELY TRIED. (60)
- CHAPTER VII. THE TRAVELLER TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR RETURNING. (61)
- CHAPTER VIII. INSIDE THE COURT. (62)
- CHAPTER IX. THE TRIAL. (63)
- CHAPTER X. THE SYSTEM OF DENIAL. (64)
- CHAPTER XI. CHAMPMATHIEU IS ASTOUNDED. (65)
- BOOK VIII. THE COUNTERSTROKE.
Volume 2 Cosette
- BOOK I WATERLOO.
- CHAPTER I. ON THE NIVELLES ROAD. (71)
- CHAPTER II. HOUGOMONT. (72)
- CHAPTER III. JUNE 18, 1815. (73)
- CHAPTER IV. A. (74)
- CHAPTER V. THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES. (75)
- CHAPTER VI. FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. (76)
- CHAPTER VII. NAPOLEON IN GOOD HUMOR. (77)
- CHAPTER VIII. THE EMPEROR ASKS THE GUIDE A QUESTION. (78)
- CHAPTER IX. A SURPRISE. (79)
- CHAPTER X. THE PLATEAU OF MONT ST. JEAN. (80)
- CHAPTER XI BÜLOW TO THE RESCUE. (81)
- CHAPTER XII. THE GUARD. (82)
- CHAPTER XIII. THE CATASTROPHE. (83)
- CHAPTER XIV. THE LAST SQUARE. (84)
- CHAPTER XV. CAMBRONNE. (85)
- CHAPTER XVI. QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE. (86)
- CHAPTER XVII. OUGHT WATERLOO TO BE APPLAUDED? (87)
- CHAPTER XVIII. RESTORATION OF DIVINE RIGHT. (88)
- CHAPTER XIX. THE BATTLE-FIELD BY NIGHT. (89)
- BOOK II THE SHIP ORION.
- BOOK III. THE PROMISE TO THE DEAD FULFILLED.
- CHAPTER I. THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL. (93)
- CHAPTER II. TWO FULL-LENGTH PORTRAITS. (94)
- CHAPTER III. MEN WANT WINE AND HORSES WATER. (95)
- CHAPTER IV. A DOLL COMES ON THE STAGE. (96)
- CHAPTER V. THE LITTLE ONE ALONE. (97)
- CHAPTER VI. BOULATRUELLE MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT. (98)
- CHAPTER VII. COSETTE IN THE DARK WITH THE STRANGER. (99)
- CHAPTER VIII. IS HE RICH OR POOR? (100)
- CHAPTER IX. THÉNARDIER AT WORK. (101)
- CHAPTER X. THÉNARDIER HAS ONE REGRET. (102)
- CHAPTER XI. NO. 9430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY. (103)
- BOOK IV. THE GORBEAU TENEMENT.
- BOOK V. FOR A STILL HUNT A DUMB PACK.
- CHAPTER I. STRATEGIC ZIGZAGS. (1089)
- CHAPTER II. IT IS FORTUNATE THAT THE BRIDGE OF AUSTERLITZ WILL CARRY WAGONS. (110)
- CHAPTER III. CONSULT THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727. (111)
- CHAPTER IV. ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE. (111)
- CHAPTER V. A THING IMPOSSIBLE IN GASLIGHT. (1123)
- CHAPTER VI. THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA. (114)
- CHAPTER VII. CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA. (115)
- CHAPTER VIII. THE ENIGMA INCREASES. (115)
- CHAPTER IX. THE MAN WITH THE BELL. (1167)
- CHAPTER X. HOW JAVERT ONLY FOUND THE NEST. (118)
- BOOK VI PETIT PICPUS.
- CHAPTER I NO. 62, RUE PICPUS. (119)
- CHAPTER II. THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA. (120)
- CHAPTER III. SEVERITIES. (121)
- CHAPTER IV. GAYETIES. (122)
- CHAPTER V. AMUSEMENTS. (123)
- CHAPTER VI. THE LITTLE CONVENT. (124)
- CHAPTER VII. A FEW PROFILES FROM THE SHADOW. (125)
- CHAPTER VIII. POST CORDA LAPIDES. (126)
- CHAPTER IX. A CENTURY UNDER A WIMPLE. (127)
- CHAPTER X. ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION. (128)
- CHAPTER XI. THE END OF LITTLE PICPUS. (129)
- BOOK VII A PARENTHESIS.
- CHAPTER I. THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA. (130)
- CHAPTER II. THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT. (131)
- CHAPTER III. ON WHAT TERMS THE PAST IS VENERABLE. (132)
- CHAPTER IV. THE CONVENT FROM MORAL STANDPOINT. (133)
- CHAPTER V. PRAYER. (134)
- CHAPTER VI. ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRATER. (135)
- CHAPTER VII. CARE TO BE EXERCISED IN CONDEMNING. (136)
- CHAPTER VIII. FAITH, LAW. (137)
- BOOK VIII CEMETERIES TAKE WHAT IS GIVEN THEM.
- CHAPTER I. HOW TO GET INTO A CONVENT. (138)
- CHAPTER II. FAUCHELEVENT DEALS WITH A PROBLEM (139)
- CHAPTER III. MOTHER INNOCENT. (140)
- CHAPTER IV. A PLAN OF ESCAPE. (141)
- CHAPTER V. A DRUNKARD IS NOT IMMORTAL. (142)
- CHAPTER VI. BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS. (143)
- CHAPTER VII. FAUCHELEVENT HAS AN IDEA. (144)
- CHAPTER VIII. A SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION. (145)
- CHAPTER IX. IN THE CONVENT. (146)
Volume 3 – Marius
- BOOK I. PARIS STUDIED IN ITS GAMIN.
- CHAPTER I. PARVULUS. (147)
- CHAPTER II. THE GAMIN’S CHARACTERISTICS. (148)
- CHAPTER III. HE IS AGREEABLE. (149)
- CHAPTER IV. HE MAY BE USEFUL. (150)
- CHAPTER V. HIS CONFINES. (151)
- CHAPTER VI. A BIT OF HISTORY. (152)
- CHAPTER VII. THE GAMIN WOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN INDIAN CASTES. (153)
- CHAPTER VIII. A CHARMING ANECDOTE OF THE LAST KING. (154)
- CHAPTER IX. THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL. (155)
- CHAPTER X. ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO. (156)
- CHAPTER XI. THE REIGN OF RIDICULE. (157)
- CHAPTER XII. THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE. (158)
- CHAPTER XIII. LITTLE GAVROCHE. (159)
- BOOK II. LE GRAND BOURGEOIS.
- CHAPTER I. NINETY YEARS AND TWO-AND-THIRTY TEETH.(160)
- CHAPTER II. LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOME. (161)
- CHAPTER III. LUC ESPRIT. (162)
- CHAPTER IV. AN ASPIRING CENTENARIAN. (163)
- CHAPTER V. BASQUE AND NICOLETTE. (164)
- CHAPTER VI. MAGNON AND HER TWO LITTLE ONES. (165)
- CHAPTER VII. RULE: NO ONE RECEIVED UNTIL EVENING. (166)
- CHAPTER VIII. TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR. (167)
- BOOK III. GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON.
- CHAPTER I. AN OLD DRAWING-ROOM. (168)
- CHAPTER II. A RED SPECTRE OF THAT DAY. (169)
- CHAPTER III. REQUIESCANT! (170)
- CHAPTER IV. THE END OF THE BRIGAND. (171)
- CHAPTER V. MARIUS MEETS A CHURCHWARDEN. (172)
- CHAPTER VI. WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN. (173)
- CHAPTER VII. SOME PETTICOAT. (174)
- CHAPTER VIII. MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE. (175)
- BOOK IV. THE FRIENDS OF THE A. B. C.
- BOOK V. THE GOOD OF MISFORTUNE.
- BOOK VI. THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS.
- CHAPTER I. NICKNAMES AND SURNAMES. (188)
- CHAPTER II. LUX FACTA EST. (189)
- CHAPTER III. THE EFFECT OF SPRING. (190)
- CHAPTER IV. BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY. (191)
- CHAPTER V. MAME BOUGON IS THUNDER-STRUCK. (192)
- CHAPTER VI. TAKEN PRISONER. (193)
- CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER “U” LEFT TO CONJECTURES. (194)
- CHAPTER VIII. EVEN INVALIDS MAY BE LUCKY. (195)
- CHAPTER IX. ECLIPSE. (196)
- BOOK VII. PATRON MINETTE.
- BOOK VIII. THE EVIL POOR.
- CHAPTER I. MARIUS LOOKING FOR A GIRL’S BONNET MEETS A MAN’S CAP. (201)
- CHAPTER II. MARIUS FINDS SOMETHING. (202)
- CHAPTER III. FOUR LETTERS. (203)
- CHAPTER IV. A ROSE IN WRETCHEDNESS. (204)
- CHAPTER V. A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE. (205)
- CHAPTER VI. THE WILD-BEAST MAN IN HIS LAIR. (206)
- CHAPTER VII. STRATEGY AND TACTICS. (207)
- CHAPTER VIII. A SUNBEAM IN THE GARRET. (208)
- CHAPTER IX. JONDRETTE ALMOST CRIES. (209)
- CHAPTER X. THE TARIFF OF CAB-FARES. (210)
- CHAPTER XI. WRETCHEDNESS OFFERS HELP TO SORROW. (211)
- CHAPTER XII. THE USE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE. (212)
- CHAPTER XIII. PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT. (213)
- CHAPTER XIV. A POLICE-AGENT GIVES A LAWYER TWO “KNOCK-ME-DOWNS.” (214)
- CHAPTER XV. JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASE. (215)
- CHAPTER XVI. A SONG TO AN ENGLISH AIR POPULAR IN 1832. (216)
- CHAPTER XVII. THE USE OF MARIUS’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE. (217)
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE TWO CHAIRS FACE TO FACE. (218)
- CHAPTER XIX. TREATING OF DARK DEPTHS. (219)
- CHAPTER XX. THE TRAP. (220)
- CHAPTER XXI. ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS. (221)
- CHAPTER XXII. THE LITTLE CHILD WHO CRIED IN VOLUME SECOND. (222)
Volume 4 The Idyll in Rue Plumet and the Epic of the Rue Saint-Denis
- BOOK I. SOME PAGES OF HISTORY.
- BOOK II. ÉPONINE.
- BOOK III. THE HOUSE OF THE RUE PLUMET.
- CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE. (233)
- CHAPTER II. JEAN VALJEAN A NATIONAL GUARD. (234)
- CHAPTER III. FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS. (235)
- CHAPTER IV. CHANGE OF GRATING. (236)
- CHAPTER V. THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT SHE IS AN IMPLEMENT OF WAR. (237)
- CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE BEGINS. (238)
- CHAPTER VII. JEAN VALJEAN IS VERY SAD. (239)
- CHAPTER VIII. THE CHAIN-GANG. (240)
- BOOK IV. SUCCOR FROM BELOW MAY BE SUCCOR FROM ON HIGH.
- BOOK V. IN WHICH THE END DOES NOT RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING.
- BOOK VI. LITTLE GAVROCHE.
- BOOK VII. SLANG.
- BOOK VIII. ENCHANTMENTS AND DESOLATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. BRIGHT LIGHT. (256)
- CHAPTER II. THE GIDDINESS OF PERFECT BLISS. (257)
- CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNING OF THE SHADOW. (258)
- CHAPTER IV. CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG. (259)
- CHAPTER V. THINGS OF THE NIGHT.(260)
- CHAPTER VI. MARIUS ACTUALLY GIVES COSETTE HIS ADDRESS. (261)
- CHAPTER VII. AN OLD HEART AND A YOUNG HEART FACE TO FACE. (262)
- BOOK IX. WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
- BOOK X. THE FIFTH OF JUNE, 1832.
- BOOK XI. THE ATOM FRATERNIZES WITH HURRICANE.
- BOOK XII. CORINTH.
- CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF CORINTH FROM ITS FOUNDATION. (277)
- CHAPTER II. PRELIMINARY GAYETIES. (278)
- CHAPTER III. THE NIGHT BEGINS TO FALL ON GRANTAIRE. (279)
- CHAPTER IV. AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP. (280)
- CHAPTER V. PREPARATIONS. (281)
- CHAPTER VI. WAITING. (282)
- CHAPTER VII. THE RECRUIT OF THE RUE DES BILLETTES. (283)
- CHAPTER VIII. WAS HIS NAME LE CABUC? (284)
- BOOK XIII. MARIUS ENTERS THE SHADOW.
- BOOK XIV. THE GRANDEUR OF DESPAIR.
- CHAPTER I. THE FLAG: ACT FIRST. (288)
- CHAPTER II. THE FLAG: ACT SECOND. (289)
- CHAPTER III. GAVROCHE HAD BETTER HAVE ACCEPTED THE CARBINE OF ENJOLRAS. (290)
- CHAPTER IV. THE BARREL OF GUNPOWDER. (291)
- CHAPTER V. END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE. (292)
- CHAPTER VI. DEATH’S AGONY AFTER LIFE’S AGONY. (293)
- CHAPTER VII. GAVROCHE CALCULATES DISTANCES. (294)
- BOOK XV. THE RUE DE L’HOMME ARMÉ
Volume 5 Jean Valjean
- BOOK I – THE WAR WITHIN FOUR WALLS.
- CHAPTER I. THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG ST. ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE. (299)
- CHAPTER II. NOTHING TO DO IN THE ABYSS BUT TALK. (300)
- CHAPTER III. CLEARING AND CLOUDING. (301)
- CHAPTER IV. FIVE LESS AND ONE MORE. (302)
- CHAPTER V. THE HORIZON ONE SEES FROM BARRICADE’S SUMMIT. (303)
- CHAPTER VI. MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC. (304)
- CHAPTER VII. THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED. (305)
- CHAPTER VIII. THE ARTILLERY SETS TO WORK IN EARNEST. (306)
- CHAPTER IX. EMPLOYMENT OF THE POACHER’S OLD SKILL (307)
- CHAPTER X. DAWN. (308)
- CHAPTER XI. THE SHOT WHICH DOES NOT MISS AND WHICH KILLS NOBODY. (309)
- CHAPTER XII. DISORDER THE PARTISAN OF ORDER. (310)
- CHAPTER XIII. GLEAMS WHICH FADE. (311)
- CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH WE READ THE NAME OF THE MISTRESS OF ENJOLRAS. (312)
- CHAPTER XV. GAVROCHE OUTSIDE. (313)
- CHAPTER XVI. HOW A BROTHER BECOMES A FATHER. (314)
- CHAPTER XVII. MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT. (315)
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE VULTURE BECOMES PREY. (316)
- CHAPTER XIX. JEAN VALJEAN REVENGES HIMSELF. (317)
- CHAPTER XX. THE DEAD ARE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT WRONG. (318)
- CHAPTER XXI. THE HEROES. (319)
- CHAPTER XXII. STEP BY STEP. (320)
- CHAPTER XXIII. ORESTES SOBER AND PYLADES DRUNK. (321)
- CHAPTER XXIV. PRISONER! (322)
- BOOK II – THE INTESTINE OF LEVIATHA
- BOOK III – MUD, BUT SOUL
- CHAPTER I. THE CLOACA AND THE SURPRISES. (329)
- CHAPTER II. EXPLANATION. (330)
- CHAPTER III THE TRACKED MAN. (331)
- CHAPTER IV. HE TOO BEARS HIS CROSS. (332)
- CHAPTER V. SAND, LIKE WOMAN, AS A FINENESS THAT IS PERFIDIOUS. (333)
- CHAPTER VI. THE FONTIS. (334)
- CHAPTER VII. SOMETIMES ONE IS STRANDED WHERE HE THINKS TO LAND. (335)
- CHAPTER VIII. THE TORN COAT-SKIRT. (336)
- CHAPTER IX. MARIUS APPEARS DEAD TO A CONNAISSEUR. (337)
- CHAPTER X. RETURN OF THE SON PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE. (338)
- CHAPTER XI. A SHAKING IN THE ABSOLUTE. (339)
- CHAPTER XII. THE GRANDFATHER. (340)
- BOOK IV – JAVERT DERAILED
- BOOK V – GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER
- CHAPTER I. WHERE WE AGAIN MEET THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PATCH. (342)
- CHAPTER II. MARIUS LEAVING CIVIL WAR PREPARES FOR A DOMESTIC WAR. (343)
- CHAPTER III. MARIUS ATTACKS. (344)
- CHAPTER IV. MLLE. GILLENORMAND HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE MATCH. (345)
- CHAPTER V. DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY. (346)
- CHAPTER VI. THE TWO OLD MEN, EACH IN HIS FASHION, DO EVERYTHING FOR COSETTE’S HAPPINESS. (347)
- CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF DREAMING BLENDED WITH HAPPINESS. (348)
- CHAPTER VIII. TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. (349)
- BOOK VI – THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT
- BOOK VII – THE LAST DROP IN THE BITTER CUP
- BOOK VIII – TWILIGHT DECLINES
- BOOK IX – SUPREME DARKNESS, SUPREME DAWN
- CHAPTER I. PITY THE UNHAPPY, BUT BE INDULGENT TO THE HAPPY. (360)
- CHAPTER II. THE LAST FLUTTERINGS OF THE LAMP WITHOUT OIL. (361)
- CHAPTER III. A PEN IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE MAN WHO LIFTED FAUCHELEVENT’S CART. (362)
- CHAPTER IV. A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY WHITENS. (363)
- CHAPTER V. A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH IS DAY. (364)
- CHAPTER VI. THE GRASS HIDES, AND THE RAIN EFFACES. (365)

