Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo (1862)

Translated from the original French version by Isabel F Hapgood, Les Misérables is one of the most well known 19^th century novels.

Volume I - Fantine
Book Fourth - To Confide is Sometimes to Deliver into a Person's Power

Cosette in the Thénardiers' inn,
depicted by Émile Bayard (1837-1891)

• Brief plot synopsis
• Volume I - Fantine
  • Book First - A Just Man
  • Book Second - The Fall
  • Book Third - In the Year 1817
  • Book Fourth - To Confide is Sometimes to Deliver into a Person's Power
    • Chapter 1: One Mother Meets Another Mother
    • Chapter 2: First Sketch of Two Unprepossessing Figures
    • Chapter 3: The Lark
  • Book Fifth - The Descent
  • Book Sixth - Javert
  • Book Seventh - The Champmathieu Affair
  • Book Eighth - A Counter-Blow
• Volume II - Cosette
• Volume III - Marius
• Volume IV - Saint Denis
• Volume V - Jean Valjean
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