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Les Misérables, v. 4/5: The Idyll and the EpicVictor Hugo

Les Misérables, v. 4/5: The Idyll and the Epic

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Original author: Victor Hugo

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"Les Misérables, v. 4/5: The Idyll and the Epic" by Victor Hugo is the fourth volume of a French epic historical novel first published in 1862. This section follows the lives of ex-convict Jean Valjean and other characters through their struggles in nineteenth-century France, culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris. The novel examines themes of redemption, justice, law and grace, while exploring the nature of romantic and familial love against the backdrop of French history and Parisian society.

Les Misérables, v. 4/5: The Idyll and the Epic, by Victor Hugo. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #48734.

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77 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter484 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Well Cut Out2,025 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Badly Stitched1,105 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: Louis Philippe2,695 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Cracks in the Foundation2,471 words
  6. 6.Chapter V3,781 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Enjolras and His Lieutenants1,253 words
  8. 8.Chapter I: The Lark's Field2,099 words
  9. 9.Chapter II: Crimes in Embryo Incubated in Prisons1,565 words
  10. 10.Chapter III: Father Mabœuf Has an Apparition1,374 words
  11. 11.Chapter IV: Marius Has an Apparition1,467 words
  12. 12.Chapter I: The Mysterious House1,611 words
  13. 13.Chapter II: Jean Valjean a National Guard867 words
  14. 14.Chapter III: Foliis Ac Frondibus1,342 words
  15. 15.Chapter IV: Change of Grating1,794 words
  16. 16.Chapter V1,604 words
  17. 17.Chapter VI: The Battle Begins1,200 words
  18. 18.Chapter VII: Jean Valjean Is Very Sad1,878 words
  19. 19.Chapter VIII: The Chain-Gang3,559 words
  20. 20.Chapter I: An External Wound and an Internal Cure801 words
  21. 21.Chapter II2,854 words
  22. 22.Chapter I: Solitude and the Barracks Combined608 words
  23. 23.Chapter II: Cosette's Fears1,157 words
  24. 24.Chapter III: Enriched with the Comments of Toussaint1,021 words
  25. 25.Chapter IV: A Heart Under a Stone1,206 words
  26. 26.Chapter V: Cosette After the Letter877 words
  27. 27.Chapter VI1,177 words
  28. 28.Chapter I: A Malicious Trick of the Wind1,271 words
  29. 29.Chapter II7,421 words
  30. 30.Chapter III: Incidents of an Escape4,514 words
  31. 31.Chapter I: The Origin of Slang2,713 words
  32. 32.Chapter II: Roots3,094 words
  33. 33.Chapter III: Slang That Cries and Slang That Laughs1,632 words
  34. 34.Chapter IV: Two Duties: to Watch and to Hope1,518 words
  35. 35.Chapter I: Bright Light2,011 words
  36. 36.Chapter II: The Giddiness of Perfect Bliss814 words
  37. 37.Chapter III: The Beginning of the Shadow1,090 words
  38. 38.Chapter IV: Cab Runs in English and Barks in Slang2,254 words
  39. 39.Chapter V: Things of the Night250 words
  1. 40.Chapter VI1,924 words
  2. 41.Chapter VII4,394 words
  3. 42.Chapter I: Jean Valjean587 words
  4. 43.Chapter II: Marius865 words
  5. 44.Chapter III: M. Mabœuf1,396 words
  6. 45.Chapter I: The Surface of the Question1,241 words
  7. 46.Chapter II: The Bottom of the Question2,214 words
  8. 47.Chapter III2,043 words
  9. 48.Chapter IV: The Ebullitions of Other Days1,944 words
  10. 49.Chapter V: Originality of Paris975 words
  11. 50.Chapter I: The Origin of the Poetry of Gavroche795 words
  12. 51.Chapter II: Gavroche on the March1,110 words
  13. 52.Chapter III: Just Indignation of a Barber502 words
  14. 53.Chapter IV: The Child Astonishes the Old Man550 words
  15. 54.Chapter V: The Old Man424 words
  16. 55.Chapter VI: Recruits419 words
  17. 56.Chapter I: History of Corinth From Its Foundation1,827 words
  18. 57.Chapter II: Preliminary Gayeties3,343 words
  19. 58.Chapter III: The Night Begins to Fall on Grantaire1,041 words
  20. 59.Chapter IV1,185 words
  21. 60.Chapter V: Preparations662 words
  22. 61.Chapter VI: Waiting748 words
  23. 62.Chapter VII: The Recruit of the Rue Des Billettes1,118 words
  24. 63.Chapter VIII: Was His Name Le Cabuc?1,507 words
  25. 64.Chapter I1,011 words
  26. 65.Chapter II: An Owl's-Eye View of Paris979 words
  27. 66.Chapter III: The Extreme Brink2,244 words
  28. 67.Chapter I: The Flag: Act First825 words
  29. 68.Chapter II: The Flag: Act Second919 words
  30. 69.Chapter III398 words
  31. 70.Chapter IV: The Barrel of Gunpowder849 words
  32. 71.Chapter V: End of the Verses of Jean Prouvaire603 words
  33. 72.Chapter VI: Death's Agony After Life's Agony1,326 words
  34. 73.Chapter VII: Gavroche Calculates Distances1,170 words
  35. 74.Chapter I: Blotting, Blabbing3,175 words
  36. 75.Chapter II: The Gamin the Enemy of Lamps1,303 words
  37. 76.Chapter III: While Cosette and Toussaint Sleep517 words
  38. 77.Chapter IV: Gavroche's Excess of Zeal1,421 words