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 IV - Saint Denis
Book Eighth - Enchantments and Desolations

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

• Brief plot synopsis
• Volume I - Fantine
• Volume II - Cosette
• Volume III - Marius
• Volume IV - Saint Denis
  • Book First - A Few Pages of History
  • Book Second - Eponine
  • Book Third - The House in the Rue Plumet
  • Book Fourth - Succor From Below May Turn Out To Be Succor From On High
  • Book Fifth - The End of Which does not Resemble the Beginning
  • Book Sixth - Little Gavroche
  • Book Seventh - Slang
  • Book Eighth - Enchantments and Desolations
    • Chapter 1: Full Light
    • Chapter 2: The Bewilderment of Perfect Happiness
    • Chapter 3: The Beginning of Shadow
    • Chapter 4: A Cab runs in English and barks in Slang
    • Chapter 5: Things of the Night
    • Chapter 6: Marius becomes Practical once more to the Extent of Giving Cosette his Address
    • Chapter 7: The Old Heart and the Young Heart in the Presence of Each Other
  • Book Ninth - Whither are They Going?
  • Book Tenth - The 5th of June, 1832
  • Book Eleventh - The Atom Fraternizes with the Hurricane
  • Book Twelfth - Corinthe
  • Book Thirteenth - Marius Enters the Shadow
  • Book Fourteenth - The Grandeurs of Despair
  • Book Fifteenth - The Rue de L'Homme Arme
• Volume V - Jean Valjean
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