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Les Misérables, v. 5/5: Jean Valjean

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Original author: Victor Hugo

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"Les Misérables, v. 5/5: Jean Valjean" by Victor Hugo is the final volume of an epic historical novel first published in 1862. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion, the novel follows ex-convict Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption. This masterwork explores justice, grace, love, and moral philosophy through interconnected lives of the downtrodden. Hugo examines poverty's degradation, society's condemnation, and humanity's journey from darkness to light—a progress from injustice to justice, corruption to life.

Les Misérables, v. 5/5: Jean Valjean, by Victor Hugo. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #48735.

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68 Chapters

  1. 1.Book I: The War Within Four Walls426 words
  2. 2.Chapter I2,703 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Nothing to Do in the Abyss but Talk1,375 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: Clearing and Clouding566 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Five Less and One More2,305 words
  6. 6.Chapter V1,523 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Marius Haggard, Javert Laconic653 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Situation Becomes Aggravated1,427 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Artillery Sets to Work in Earnest935 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX563 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: Dawn1,403 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI382 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: Disorder the Partisan of Order1,124 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: Gleams Which Fade674 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV751 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: Gavroche Outside922 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: How a Brother Becomes a Father3,109 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: Mortuus Pater Filium Moriturum Expectat572 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: The Vulture Becomes Prey1,212 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: Jean Valjean Revenges Himself739 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX3,378 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: The Heroes1,471 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: Step by Step1,193 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: Orestes Sober and Pylades Drunk1,072 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: Prisoner!980 words
  26. 26.Chapter I: The Earth Impoverished by the Sea1,430 words
  27. 27.Chapter II: The Old History of the Sewer1,234 words
  28. 28.Chapter III: Bruneseau1,046 words
  29. 29.Chapter IV: Concealed Details1,300 words
  30. 30.Chapter V: Present Progress472 words
  31. 31.Chapter VI: Future Progress1,718 words
  32. 32.Chapter I: The Cloaca and the Surprises2,319 words
  33. 33.Chapter II: Explanation762 words
  34. 34.Chapter III: The Tracked Man1,511 words
  1. 35.Chapter IV: He Too Bears His Cross1,320 words
  2. 36.Chapter V1,811 words
  3. 37.Chapter VI: The Fontis785 words
  4. 38.Chapter VII870 words
  5. 39.Chapter VIII: The Torn Coat-Skirt1,678 words
  6. 40.Chapter IX: Marius Appears Dead to a Connaisseur1,387 words
  7. 41.Chapter X: Return of the Son Prodigal of His Life579 words
  8. 42.Chapter XI: A Shaking in the Absolute584 words
  9. 43.Chapter XII: The Grandfather2,133 words
  10. 44.Book IV: Javert Derailed4,448 words
  11. 45.Chapter I1,201 words
  12. 46.Chapter II1,697 words
  13. 47.Chapter III: Marius Attacks1,022 words
  14. 48.Chapter IV1,736 words
  15. 49.Chapter V450 words
  16. 50.Chapter VI3,038 words
  17. 51.Chapter VII861 words
  18. 52.Chapter VIII: Two Men Impossible to Find1,457 words
  19. 53.Chapter I: February 16, 18332,964 words
  20. 54.Chapter II3,497 words
  21. 55.Chapter III: The Inseparable852 words
  22. 56.Chapter IV: Immortale Jecur1,574 words
  23. 57.Chapter I: The Seventh Circle and the Eight Heaven6,323 words
  24. 58.Chapter II3,066 words
  25. 59.Chapter I: The Ground-Floor Room1,542 words
  26. 60.Chapter II: Other Backward Steps951 words
  27. 61.Chapter III1,540 words
  28. 62.Chapter IV: Attraction and Extinction680 words
  29. 63.Chapter I814 words
  30. 64.Chapter II573 words
  31. 65.Chapter III1,064 words
  32. 66.Chapter IV: A Bottle of Ink Which Only Whitens6,464 words
  33. 67.Chapter V: A Night Behind Which Is Day3,696 words
  34. 68.Chapter VI: The Grass Hides, and the Rain Effaces256 words