I Fantine
1 Book First-A Just Man
I M. Myriel
II M. Myriel Becomes M. Welcome
III A Hard Bishopric For A Good Bishop
IV Works Corresponding To Words
V Monseigneur Bienvenu Made His Cassocks Last Too Long
VI Who Guarded His House For Him
VII Cravatte
VIII Philosophy After Drinking
IX The Brother As Depicted By The Sister
X The Bishop In The Presence Of An Unknown Light
XI A Restriction
XII The Solitude Of Monseigneur Welcome
XIII What He Believed
XIV What He Thought
2 Book Second-The Fall
I The Evening Of A Day Of Walking
II Prudence Counselled To Wisdom.
III The Heroism Of Passive Obedience.
IV Details Concerning The Cheese-Dairies Of Pontarlier.
V Tranquillity
VI Jean Valjean
VII The Interior Of Despair
VIII Billows And Shadows
IX New Troubles
X The Man Aroused
XI What He Does
XII The Bishop Works
XIII Little Gervais
3 Book Third.-In The Year 1817
I The Year 1817
II A Double Quartette
III Four And Four
IV Tholomyes Is So Merry That He Sings A Spanish Ditty
V At Bombarda’s
VI A Chapter In Which They Adore Each Other
VII The Wisdom Of Tholomyes
VIII The Death Of A Horse
IX A Merry End To Mirth
4 Book Fourth.-Confide Sometimes Deliver Into Person’s Power
I One Mother Meets Another Mother
II First Sketch Of Two Unprepossessing Figures
III The Lark
5 Book Fifth.-The Descent.
I The History Of A Progress In Black Glass Trinkets
II Madeleine
III Sums Deposited With Laffitte
IV M. Madeleine In Mourning
V Vague Flashes On The Horizon
VI Father Fauchelevent
VII Fauchelevent Becomes A Gardener In Paris
VIII Madame Victurnien Expends Thirty Francs On Morality
IX Madame Victurnien’s Success
X Result Of The Success
XI Christus Nos Liberavit
XII M. Bamatabois’s Inactivity
XIII The Solution Of Questions Connected With Municipal Police
6 Book Sixth.-Javert
I The Beginning Of Repose
II How Jean May Become Champ
7 Book Seventh.-The Champmathieu Affair
I Sister Simplice
II The Perspicacity Of Master Scaufflaire
III A Tempest In A Skull
IV Forms Assumed By Suffering During Sleep
V Hindrances
VI Sister Simplice Put To The Proof
VII The Traveller On His Arrival Takes Precautions For Departure
VIII An Entrance By Favour
IX A Place Where Convictions Are In Process Of Formation
X The System Of Denials
XI Champmathieu More And More Astonished
8 Book Eighth.-A Counter-Blow
I In What Mirror M. Madeleine Contemplates His Hair
II Fantine Happy
III Javert Satisfied
IV Authority Reasserts Its Rights
V A Suitable Tomb
II Cosette
9 Book First.-Waterloo
I What Is Met With On The Way From Nivelles
II Hougomont
III The Eighteenth Of June, 1815
IV A
V The Quid Obscurum Of Battles
VI Four O’clock In The Afternoon
VII Napoleon In A Good Humour
VIII The Emperor Puts a Question To The Guide Lacoste
IX The Unexpected
X The Plateau Of Mont-Saint-Jean
XI A Bad Guide To Napoleon; A Good Guide To Bulow
XII The Guard
XIII The Catastrophe
XIV The Last Square
XV Cambronne
XVI Quot Libras In Duce?
XVII Is Waterloo To Be Considered Good?
XVIII A Recrudescence Of Divine Right
XIX The Battle-Field At Night
10 Book Second.-The Ship Orion
I Number 24,601 Becomes Number 9,430
II Reader WilL Peruse Two Verses, Which Are Devil’s Composition
III Ankle-Chain Must Have Undergone Manipulation To Be Broken
11 Book Third.-Accomplishment Of Promise Made To Dead Woman
I The Water Question At Montfermeil
II Two Complete Portraits
III Men Must Have Wine, And Horses Must Have Water
IV Entrance On The Scene Of A Doll
V The Little One All Alone
VI Which Possibly Proves Boulatruelle’s Intelligence
VII Cosette Side By Side With The Stranger In The Dark
VIII Unpleasantness Of Receiving Poor Man Who May Be Rich
IX Thenardier And His Manoeuvres
X He Who Seeks To Better Himself May Render His Situation Worse
XI Number 9,430 Reappears, And Cosette Wins It In The Lottery
12 Book Fourth.-The Gorbeau Hovel
I Master Gorbeau
II A Nest For Owl And A Warbler
III Two Misfortunes Make One Piece Of Good Fortune
IV The Remarks Of The Principal Tenant
V A Five-Franc Piece Falls On The Ground And Produces A Tumult
13 Book Fifth.-For A Black Hunt, A Mute Pack
I The Zigzags Of Strategy
II It Is Lucky That The Pont D’Austerlitz Bears Carriages
III To Wit, The Plan Of Paris In 1727
IV The Gropings Of Flight
V Which Would Be Impossible With Gas Lanterns
VI The Beginning Of An Enigma
VII Continuation Of The Enigma
VIII The Enigma Becomes Doubly Mysterious
IX The Man With The Bell
X Which Explains How Javert Got On The Scent
14 Book Sixth.-Le Petit-Picpus
I Number 62 Rue Petit-Picpus
II The Obedience Of Martin Verga
III Austerities
IV Gayeties
V Distractions
VI The Little Convent
VII Some Silhouettes Of This Darkness
VIII Post Corda Lapides
IX A Century Under A Guimpe
X Origin Of The Perpetual Adoration
XI End Of The Petit-Picpus
15 Book Seventh.-Parenthesis
I The Convent As An Abstract Idea
II The Convent As An Historical Fact
III On What Conditions One Can Respect The Past
IV The Convent From The Point Of View Of Principles
V Prayer
VI The Absolute Goodness Of Prayer
VII Precautions To Be Observed In Blame
VIII Faith, Law
16 Book Eighth.-Cemeteries Take That Which Is Committed Them
I Which Treats Of The Manner Of Entering A Convent
II Fauchelevent In The Presence Of A Difficulty
III Mother Innocente
IV Jean Valjean Has Air Of Having Read Austin Castillejo
V It Is Not Necessary To Be Drunk In Order To Be Immortal
VI Between Four Planks
VII The Origin Of The Saying: Don’t Lose The Card
VIII A Successful Interrogatory
IX Cloistered
III Marius
17 Book First.-Paris Studied In Its Atom
I Parvulus
II Some Of His Particular Characteristics
III He Is Agreeable
IV He May Be Of Use
V His Frontiers
VI A Bit Of History
VII The Gamin Should Have His Place In The Classifications Of India
VIII The Reader Will Find A Charming Saying Of The Last King
IX The Old Soul Of Gaul
X Ecce Paris, Ecce Homo
XI To Scoff, To Reign
XII The Future Latent In The People
XIII Little Gavroche
18 Book Second.-The Great Bourgeois
I Ninety Years And Thirty-Two Teeth
II Like Master, Like House
III Luc-Esprit
IV A Centenarian Aspirant
V Basque And Nicolette
VI In Which Magnon And Her Two Children Are Seen
VII Rule: Receive No One Except In The Evening
VIII Two Do Not Make A Pair
19 Book Third.-The Grandfather And The Grandson
I An Ancient Salon
II One Of The Red Spectres Of That Epoch
III Requiescant
IV End Of The Brigand
V Utility Of Going To Mass, In Order To Become A Revolutionist
VI The Consequences Of Having Met A Warden
VII Some Petticoat
VIII Marble Against Granite
20 Book Fourth.-The Friends Of The A B C
I A Group Which Barely Missed Becoming Historic
II Blondeau’s Funeral Oration By Bossuet
III Marius’ Astonishments
IV The Back Room Of The Cafe Musain
V Enlargement Of Horizon
VI Res Angusta
21 Book Fifth.-The Excellence Of Misfortune
I Marius Indigent
II Marius Poor
III Marius Grown Up
IV M. Mabeuf
V Poverty A Good Neighbour For Misery
VI The Substitute
22 Book Sixth.-The Conjunction Of Two Stars
I The Sobriquet: Mode Of Formation Of Family Names
II Lux Facta Est
III Effect Of The Spring
IV Beginning Of A Great Malady
V Divers Claps Of Thunder Fall On Ma’am Bougon
VI Taken Prisoner
VII Adventures Of The Letter U Delivered Over To Conjectures
VIII The Veterans Themselves Can Be Happy
IX Eclipse
23 Book Seventh.-Patron Minette
I Mines And Miners
II The Lowest Depths
III Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, And Montparnasse
IV Composition Of The Troupe
24 Book Eighth.-The Wicked Poor Man
I Marius, While Seeking a Girl In a Bonnet, Encounters a Man In a Cap
II Treasure Trove
III Quadrifrons
IV A Rose In Misery
V A Providential Peep-Hole
VI The Wild Man In His Lair
VII Strategy And Tactics
VIII The Ray Of Light In The Hovel
IX Jondrette Comes Near Weeping
X Tariff Of Licensed Cabs: Two Francs An Hour
XI Offers Of Service From Misery To Wretchedness
XII The Use Made Of M. Leblanc’s Five-Franc Piece
XIII Solus Cum Solo, In Loco Remoto, Non Cogitabuntur Orare Pater Noster
XIV In Which A Police Agent Bestows Two Fistfuls On A Lawyer
XV Jondrette Makes His Purchases
XVI The Words To An English Air Which Was In Fashion In 1832
XVII The Use Made Of Marius’ Five-Franc Piece
XVIII Marius’ Two Chairs Form A Vis-À-Vis
XIX Occupying One’s Self With Obscure Depths
XX The Trap
XXI One Should Always Begin By Arresting The Victims
XXII The Little One Who Was Crying In Volume Two
IV Idyl In Rue Plumet And The Epic In Rue Saint-Denis
25 Book First.-A Few Pages Of History
I Well Cut
II Badly Sewed
III Louis Philippe
IV Cracks Beneath The Foundation
V Facts Whence History Springs And Which History Ignores
VI Enjolras And His Lieutenants
26 Book Second.-Eponine
I The Lark’s Meadow
II Embryonic Formation Of Crimes In The Incubation Of Prisons
III Apparition To Father Mabeuf
IV An Apparition To Marius
27 Book Third.-The House In The Rue Plumet
I The House With a Secret
II Jean Valjean As A National Guard
III Foliis Ac Frondibus
IV Change Of Gate
V The Rose Perceives That It Is An Engine Of War
VI The Battle Begun
VII To One Sadness Oppose A Sadness And A Half
VIII The Chain-Gang
28 Book Fourth.-Succor From Below May Turn Out To Be Succor From On High
I A Wound Without, Healing Within
II Mother Plutarque Finds No Difficulty In Explaining A Phenomenon
29 Book Fifth.-The End Of Which Does Not Resemble The Beginning
I Solitude And The Barracks Combined
II Cosette’s Apprehensions
III Enriched With Commentaries By Toussaint
IV A Heart Beneath A Stone
V Cosette After The Letter
VI Old People Are Made To Go Out Opportunely
30 Book Sixth.-Little Gavroche
I The Malicious Playfulness Of The Wind
II In Which Little Gavroche Extracts Profit From Napoleon The Great
III The Vicissitudes Of Flight
31 Book Seventh.-Slang
I Origin
II Roots
III Slang Which Weeps And Slang Which Laughs
IV The Two Duties: To Watch And To Hope
32 Book Eighth.-Enchantments And Desolations
I Full Light
II The Bewilderment Of Perfect Happiness
III The Beginning Of Shadow
IV A Cab Runs In English And Barks In Slang
V Things Of The Night
VI Marius Becomes Practical Once More To The Extent Of Giving Cosette Address
VII The Old Heart And The Young Heart In The Presence Of Each Other
33 Book Ninth.-Whither Are They Going?
I Jean Valjean
II Marius
III M. Mabeuf
34 Book Tenth.-The Of June, 1832
I The Surface Of The Question
II The Root Of The Matter
III A Burial; An Occasion To Be Born Again
IV The Ebullitions Of Former Days
V Originality Of Paris
35 Book Eleventh.-The Atom Fraternizes With The Hurricane
I Some Explanations With Regard To The Origin Of Gavroche’s Poetry.
II Gavroche On The March
III Just Indignation Of A Hair-Dresser
IV The Child Is Amazed At The Old Man
V The Old Man
VI Recruits
36 Book Twelfth.-Corinthe
I History Of Corinthe From Its Foundation
II Preliminary Gayeties
III Night Begins To Descend Upon Grantaire
IV An Attempt To Console The Widow Hucheloup
V Preparations
VI Waiting
VII The Man Recruited In The Rue Des Billettes
VIII Interrogation Points With Regard To Le Cabuc Who May Not Be Le Cabuc
37 Book Thirteenth.-Marius Enters The Shadow
I From The Rue Plumet To The Quartier Saint-Denis
II An Owl’s View Of Paris
III The Extreme Edge
38 Book Fourteenth.-The Grandeurs Of Despair
I The Flag: Act First
II The Flag: Act Second
III Gavroche Would Have Done Better To Accept Enjolras’ Carbine
IV The Barrel Of Powder
V End Of The Verses Of Jean Prouvaire
VI The Agony Of Death After The Agony Of Life
VII Gavroche As A Profound Calculator Of Distances
39 Book Fifteenth.-The Rue De L’homme Arme
I A Drinker Is a Babbler
II The Street Urchin An Enemy Of Light
III While Cosette And Toussaint Are Asleep
IV Gavroche’s Excess Of Zeal
V Jean Valjean
40 Book First.-The War Between Four Walls
I Charybdis Of Faubourg Saint Antoine And Scylla Of Faubourg Du Temple
II What Is To Be Done In The Abyss If One Does Not Converse
III Light And Shadow
IV Minus Five, Plus One
V The Horizon Which One Beholds From The Summit Of A Barricade
VI Marius Haggard, Javert Laconic
VII The Situation Becomes Aggravated
VIII The Artillery-Men Compel People To Take Them Seriously
IX Employment Of Old Talents Of A Poacher And That Infallible Marksmanship
X Dawn
XI The Shot Which Misses Nothing And Kills No One
XII Disorder A Partisan Of Order
XIII Passing Gleams
XIV Wherein Will Appear The Name Of Enjolras’ Mistress
XV Gavroche Outside
XVI How From A Brother One Becomes A Father
XVII Mortuus Pater Filium Moriturum Expectat
XVIII The Vulture Become Prey
XIX Jean Valjean Takes His Revenge
XX The Dead Are In The Right And The Living Are Not In The Wrong
XXI The Heroes
XXII Foot To Foot
XXIII Orestes Fasting And Pylades Drunk
XXIV Prisoner
41 Book Second.-The Intestine Of The Leviathan
I The Land Impoverished By The Sea
II Ancient History Of The Sewer
III Bruneseau
IV
V Present Progress
VI Future Progress
42 Book Third.-Mud But The Soul
I The Sewer And Its Surprises
II Explanation
III The “Spun” Man
IV He Also Bears His Cross
V In The Case Of Sand As In Woman, There Is A Fineness Which Is Treacherous
VI The Fontis
VII One Sometimes Runs Aground When One Fancies That One Is Disembarking
VIII The Torn Coat-Tail
IX Marius Produces On One Who Is Judge Of Matter, The Effect Of Being Dead
X Return Of The Son Who Was Prodigal Of His Life
XI Concussion In The Absolute
XII The Grandfather
43 Book Fourth.-Javert Derailed
I Javert passed slowly down the Rue de l’Homme Arme.
44 Book Fifth.-Grandson And Grandfather
I In Which The Tree With The Zinc Plaster Appears Again
II Marius, Emerging From Civil War, Makes Ready For Domestic War
III Marius Attacked
IV Mlle. Gillenormand Thinks It Good That M. Fauchelevent Brought Something
V Deposit Your Money In A Forest Rather Than With A Notary
VI Two Old Men Do Everything, Each After Own Fashion, Render Cosette Happy
VII The Effects Of Dreams Mingled With Happiness
VIII Two Men Impossible To Find
45 Book Sixth.-The Sleepless Night
I The Of February, 1833
II Jean Valjean Still Wears His Arm In A Sling
III The Inseparable
IV The Immortal Liver
46 Book Seventh.-The Last Draught From The Cup
I The Seventh Circle And The Eighth Heaven
II The Obscurities Which A Revelation Can Contain
47 Book Eighth.-Fading Away Of The Twilight
I The Lower Chamber
II Another Step Backwards
III They Recall The Garden Of The Rue Plumet
IV Attraction And Extinction
48 Book Ninth.-Supreme Shadow, Supreme Dawn
I Pity For The Unhappy, But Indulgence For The Happy
II Last Flickerings Of A Lamp Without Oil
III A Pen Is Heavy To The Man Who Lifted The Fauchelevent’s Cart
IV A Bottle Of Ink Which Only Succeeded In Whitening
V A Night Behind Which There Is Day
VI The Grass Covers And The Rain Effaces
Letter To M. Daelli