Complete Table of Contents

BOOK FIRST.  AN UPRIGHT 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

BOOK SECOND.  THE FALL

I. The Evening of a Day of Walking

II. Prudence counseled to Wisdom

III. The Heroism of Passive Obedience

IV. Details concerning the Cheese Dairies of Pontarlier

V. Tranquility

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

BOOK THIRD.  THE YEAR 1817

I. The Year

II. A Double Quartette.

III. Four and Four

IV. Tholomyès is so Merry that he sings a Spanish Ditty

V. At Bombardas.

VI. A Chapter in which they adore Each Other

VII. The Wisdom of Tholomyès

VIII. The Death of a Horse

IX. A Merry End to Mirth

BOOK FOURTH.  TO ENTRUST IS SOMETIMES TO ABANDON

I. One Mother meets Another Mother

II. First Sketch of Two Unprepossessing Figures

III. The Lark

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 Some Questions connected with the

Municipal Police.

BOOK SIXTH.  JAVERT

I. The Beginning of Rest

II. How Jean can become Champ

BOOK SEVENTH.  THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR

I. Sister Simplice

II. The Shrewdness of Master Scaufflaire.

III. A Tempest in a Brain

IV. Fo assumed by Suffering during Sleep

V. Clogs in the Wheels

VI. Sister Simplice put to the Proof

VII. The Traveller Arrives and Provides for His Return

VIII. Admission by Favor

IX. A Place for Arriving at Convictions

X. The System of Denegations

XI. Champmathieu more and more Astonished

BOOK EIGHTH.  COUNTER-STROKE

I. In What Mirror M. Madeleine Looks at his Hair

II. Fantine Happy

III. Javert Satisfied.

IV. Authority Resumes Its Sway.

V. A Fitting Tomb

Volume II, Cosette

BOOK FIRST.  WATERLOO

I. What You Meet in Coming 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 Humor.

VIII. The Emperor puts a Question to the Guide Lacoste

IX. The Unlooked For

X. The Plateau of Mont Saint Jean.

XI. Sad Guide to Napoleon; Good Guide for Bulow.

XII. The Guard

XIII. The Catastrophe

XIV. The Last Square

XV. Cambronne

XVI. Quot Libras in Duce?

XVII. Must We Approve Waterloo?

XVIII. Recrudescence of Divine Right

XIX. The Field of Battle at Night

BOOK SECOND.  THE SHIP ORION

I. Number 24601 Becomes Number 9430

II. In Which a Couple of Lines Will Be Read Which Came, Perhaps, from the Evil One

III. Showing that the Chain of the Iron Ring Must Needs Have Undergone a Certain Preparation to Be Thus Broken by on Blow of the Hammer

BOOK THIRD.  FULFILLENT OF THE PROMISE TO THE DEPARTED

I. The Water Question at Montfermeil

II. Two Portraits Completed [1] 

III. Men must have Wine and Horses Water

IV. A Doll Enters Upon the Scene

V. The Little One All Alone

VI. Which Perhaps Proves the Intelligence of Boulatruelle [2] 

VII. Cosette Side by Side with the Unknown in the Dark

VIII. The Inconvenience of Entertaining a Poor Man Who is Perhaps Rich

IX. Thénardier Manoeuvring

X. Who Seeks the Best May Find the Worst

XI. Number 9430 Comes up Again, and Cosette Draws It

BOOK FOURTH.  THE OLD GORBEAU HOUSE

I. Master Gorbeau

II. A Nest for Owl and Wren

III. Two Misfortunes Mingled Make Happiness

IV. What the Landlady Discovered

V. A Five Franc Piece Falling on the Floor Makes a Noise

BOOK FIFTH.  A DARK CHASE NEEDS A SILENT HOUND

I. The Zigzags of Strategy

II. It Is Fortunate That Vehicles Can Cross the Bridge of Austerlitz

III. See the Plan of Paris of 1727[3] 

IV. Groping for Escape

V. Which Would Be Impossible Were the Streets Lighted with Gas[4] 

VI. Commencement of an Enigma

VII. The Enigma Continues

VIII. The Enigma Redoubles

IX. The Man with the Bell

X. In Which Is Explained How Javert Lost the Game

BOOK SIXTH.  PETIT PICPUS

I. Petite Rue Picpus, No. 62

II. The Obedience of Martin Verga [5] 

III. Severities [Austerities]

IV. Gaieties

V. Distractions

VI. The Little Convent

VII. A Few Outlines in This Shade[6] 

VIII. Post Corda Lapides.

IX. A Century under a Guimp

X. Origin of the Perpetual Adoration

XI. End of the PetitPicpus[7] 

BOOK SEVENTH.  PARENTHESIS[8] 

I. The Convent as an Abstract Idea

II. The Convent as a Historical Fact

III. Upon What Conditions We Can Respect the Past

IV. The Convent from the Light of Principle

V. Prayer.

VI. The Absolute Excellence of Prayer

VII. Precautions to be Taken in Censure

VIII. Faith—Law

BOOK EIGHTH.  CEMETERIES TAKE THAT WHAT IS GIVEN THEM

I. Which Treats Of The Manner of Entering The Convent

II. Fauchelevent in the Presence of a Difficulty

III. Mother Innocent

IV. In Which Jean Valjean Has Quite the Appearance of Having Read Austin Castillejo

V. It is Not Enough to Be a Drunkard to Be Immortal[9] 

VI. In the Narrow House[10] 

VII. In Which Will Be Found the Origin of the Saying: Don't Lose Your Card

VIII. Successful Examination

IX. The Close [Cloistered]

Volume III, Marius

BOOK FIRST.  PARIS ATOMISED[11] 

I. Parvalus

II. Some of his Private Marks

III. He is Agreeable

IV. He May Be Useful

V. His Frontiers

VI. A Scrap of History

VII. The Gamin Will Have his Place in the Classifications of India[12] 

VIII. In which the Reader will find a Charming Saying of the Late King [13] 

IX. The Ancient Soul of Gaul

X. Ecce Paris, ecce Homo [14] 

XI. Ridicule and Reign [15] 

XII. The Future Latent in the People[16] 

XIII. Little Gavroche

BOOK SECOND.  THE GREAT BOURGEOIS

I. Ninety Years Old and Thirty-two Teeth [17] 

II. Like Master, Like Dwelling

III. Luke Esprit [Luc Esprit Gillenormand]

IV. An Inspiring Aspirant

V. Basque and Nicolette

VI. In Which We See La Magnon and Her Two Little Ones

VII. Rule—Never Receive Anybody Except in the Evening[18] 

VIII. Two Do Not Make a Pair

BOOK THIRD.  THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON

I. An Ancient Salon[19] 

II. One of the Red Specters of That Time[20] 

III. Requiescant[21] 

IV. End of the Brigand [22] 

V. The Utility of Going to Mass, to Become a Revolutionary[23] 

VI. What It Is to Have Met a Churchwarden [24] 

VII. Some Petticoat[25] 

VIII. Marble against Granite[26] 

BOOK FOURTH.  THE FRIENDS OF THE ABC

I. A Group Which Almost Became Historic[27] 

II. Blondeau's Funeral Oration by Bossuet

III. Astonishments of Marius[28] 

IV. The Back Room of the Café Musain

V. Enlargement of Horizon[29] 

582

VI. Res Augusta

BOOK FIFTH.  THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE

I. Marius Needy

II. Marius Poor

III. Marius a Man

IV. M. Mabeuf [30] 

V. Poverty a Good Neighbor of Misery

VI. The Supplanter[31] 

601

BOOK SIXTH.  THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS

605

I. The Nickname: Mode of Formation of Family Names [32] 

605

II. Lux Facta Est[33] 

607

III. Effect of the Spring[34] 

609

IV. Commencement of a Great Distemper[35] 

610

V. Sundry Thunderbolts Fall upon Ma'am Bougon

612

VI. Taken Prisoner [36] 

613

VII. Adventures of the Letter U Abandoned to Conjunctures

615

VIII. Even the Invalides May Be Lucky[37] 

617

IX. Eclipse

618

BOOK SEVENTH.  PATRON MINETTE

621

I. The Mines and Miners [38] 

621

II. The Lowest Depth [39] 

623

III. Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and Montparnasse[40] 

624

IV. Composition of the Band[41] 

626

BOOK EIGHTH.  THE NOXIOUS POOR

629

I. Marius, Looking for a Girl with a Hat, Meets a Man with a Cap

629

II. A Waif

630

III. Quadrifons [42] 

632

IV. A Rose in Misery

636

V. The Judas of Providence [43] 

642

VI. The Wild Man in his Lair

644

VII. Strategy and Tactics

647

VIII. The Sunbeam in the Hole

650

IX. Jondrette Weeps Almost

652

X. Price of Public Cabriolets: Two Francs an Hour

655

XI. Offer of Service by Misery to Grief [Wretchedness]

658

XII. The Use made of M. Leblanc's Five Franc Piece

660

XIII. Solus cum Solo, in Loco Remoto, Non Cogitabantur Orare Pater Nester

665

XIV. In which a Police Officer Gives a Lawyer Two Fisticuffs

667

XV. Jondrette Makes his Purchases

670

XVI. In Which Will Be Found the Words to an English Air which was in Fashion in 1832

672

XVII. Use of Marius' Five Franc Piece

675

XVIII. Marius' Two Chairs Face Each Other

679

XIX. The Distractions of Dark Corners

680

XX. The Ambuscade [Trap]

683

XXI. The Victims Should Always be Arrested First [44] 

703

XXII. The Little One Who Cried in Part Second [Volume II]

707

Volume IV, Saint Denis

711

BOOK FIRST.  A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY[45] 

I. Well Cut[46] 

711

II. Badly Sewed [47] 

715

III. Louis Philippe

718

IV. Crevices under the Foundation

724

V. Facts from Which History Springs and Which History Ignores

729

VI. Enjolras and his Lieutenants

739

BOOK SECOND.  EPONINE

743

I. The Field of the Lake

743

II. Embryonic Formation of Crimes in the Incubation of Prisons[48] 

747

III.An Apparition to Father Mabeuf

751

IV. An Apparition to Marius

754

BOOK THIRD.  THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET

759

I. The House with a Secret [49] 

759

II. Jean Valjean as a National Guard

762

III. Folios ac Frondibus [50] 

765

IV. Change of Grating [Gate]

767

V. The Rose Discovers That She Is an Engine of War[51] 

771

VI. The Battle Commences [52] 

775

VII. To Sadness,  Sadness and a Half

778[53] 

VIII. The Chain [54] 

782

BOOK FOURTH.  AID FROM BELOW MAY BE AID FROM ABOVE

791

I. Wound without, Cure Within

791

II. Mother Plutarque Is Not Embarrassed on the Explanation of a Phenomenon[55] 

793

BOOK FIFTH.  THE END OF WHICH IS UNLIKE THE BEGINNING

800

I. Solitude and the Barracks

800

II. Fears of Cosette

801

III. Enriched by the Commentaries of Toussaint

804

IV. A Heart under a Stone[56] 

806

V. Cosette after the Letter

810

VI The Old Are Made to Go Out When Convenient

812

BOOK SIXTH.  LITTLE GAVROCHE

815

I. The Malevolent Trick of the Wind

815

II. In Which Little Gavroche Takes Advantage of Napoleon the Great[57] 

817

III. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Escape

837

BOOK SEVENTH.  ARGOT [SLANG]

849