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Les Misérables—Volume V

VOLUME V—JEAN VALJEAN 9
BOOK FIRST.—THE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS 12
CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF THE FAUBOURG DU TEMPLE 13
CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE 35
CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW 47
CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE 53
CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE 75
CHAPTER VI—MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC 87
CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED 94
CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY 107
CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT INFALLIBLE MARKSMANSHIP WHICH INFLUENCED THE CONDEMNATION OF 1796 117
CHAPTER X—DAWN 124
CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE 136
CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER 141
CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS 151
CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS 158
CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE 166
CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER 176
CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT 203
CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY 209
CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE 223
CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE WRONG 233
CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES 260
CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT 274
CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK 285
CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER 296
BOOK SECOND.—THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN 305
CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA 306
CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER 318
CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU 328
CHAPTER IV 338
CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS 349
CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS 354
BOOK THIRD.—MUD BUT THE SOUL 368
CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES 369
CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION 388
CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN 396
CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS 410
CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS WHICH IS TREACHEROUS 421
CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS 435
CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING 442
CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL 450
CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD 468
CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE 483
CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE 491
CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER 498
BOOK FOURTH.—JAVERT DERAILED 516
CHAPTER I 517
BOOK FIFTH.—GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER 553
CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN 554
CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR 566
CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED 580
CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A BAD THING THAT M. FAUCHELEVENT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED WITH SOMETHING UNDER HIS ARM 591
CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY 609
CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION, TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY 614
CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS 639
CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 647
BOOK SIXTH.—THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT 661
CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 662
CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING 692
CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE 720
CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 728
BOOK SEVENTH.—THE LAST DRAUGHT FROM THE CUP 743
CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN 745
CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN 800
BOOK EIGHTH.—FADING AWAY OF THE TWILIGHT 825
CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER 827
CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS 844
CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET 852
CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION 868
BOOK NINTH.—SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN 874
CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY 875
CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL 882
CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S CART 890
CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING 899
CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY 957
CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES 991
LETTER TO M. DAELLI 994
FOOTNOTES: 1005

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